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Identity

As written in the research. Data as of 28 October 2026 (edition 2.1).

official nameOffice of Communications (Ofcom)

short labelOfcom

govuk categoryRegulator

govuk urlgov.uk/government/organisations/ofcom

headquartersRiverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9HA, lat 51.507929, lng -0.095254 (address seen as the letterhead line "Ofcom, Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9HA" in a search result for an Ofcom FOI PDF that was not opened [unverified — check]; coordinates: https://api.postcodes.io/postcodes/SE19HA)

parent (as of 2026-10-28)Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The GOV.UK search API entry for the Ofcom organisation page (timestamp 2026-09-09) says Ofcom "works with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport"; the rendered organisation page body still read "works with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology" when fetched on 2026-10-28.

previous parent / parent changedDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology (Chair announcements of 8 April and 3 June 2026 are "From" DSIT); change follows the July 2026 machinery of government changes, in which the expanded DCMS "brings together telecoms, media" (lead researcher's fact sheet note). Exact date not found.

blurbThe UK regulator for broadcasting, telecoms, post and online safety; it applies the Online Safety Act to AI chatbots and AI-generated content and studies AI in telecoms and broadcasting.

website still shows old brandingyes — GOV.UK organisation page body still says "works with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology"

statutory basisCommunications Act 2003; Online Safety Act 2023 (GOV-REG-063)

Gaps the research left open

8Shown as gaps, never filled in by guesswork. Supplement 1 (the second pass) closed some; they are listed below.

Several Ofcom pages and every ofcom.org.uk "siteassets" PDF tried failed to load (client error), including: the Grok investigation launch notice, the Grok "monitoring" update, the 2025/26 and 2026/27 strategic approach PDFs, the AI in telecoms call for evidence and discussion paper PDFs, the "Era of Answer Engines" paper, the consumers-using-AI-in-telecoms news item, and Dame Melanie Dawes' letters. Direct download was blocked by the proxy.
No 2025 or 2026 Ofcom open letter to AI chatbot providers beyond the November 2024 letter and the February 2026 scope update was found.
No enforcement outcome (fine) against an AI service or nudification app was found on pages opened; no dated update to the X/Grok investigation was shown.
"AI and broadcasting": only the 2024/25 plan's commitment to guidance for broadcasters was found; no published broadcasting AI guidance was opened.
Ofcom HQ address seen only in a search-result snippet; not on a page opened.
The GOV.UK Ofcom organisation page shows two different departments (DSIT in the page body, DCMS in the search index); recorded DCMS per the task brief and search index.
Who holds online safety policy (and so the Online Safety Act) after July 2026 was not confirmed on a page opened.
The 20 October 2026 committee session page would not load.

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