A BBC investigation found Instagram served paid ads in India promoting child sexual abuse material, using keywords such as “rape video” and directing users to Telegram channels. Meta said it had disabled several adverts and suspended accounts, and later removed additional ads, disabled more accounts and blocked URLs after the BBC shared its findings. The BBC said Instagram’s systems declined to remove one ad within 24 hours, saying it did not violate the platform’s rules. The BBC said it reported the ads and Telegram channels to Indian law enforcement and to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), and noted Meta was ordered to pay $375m in a similar case in the US state of New Mexico.

Britain’s energy regulator Ofgem has raised its price cap, lifting household gas bills by 24% and electricity bills by 5%, largely due to higher gas costs. Cornwall Insight said the fallout from the USIsraeli war with Iran continues to push up energy prices into the winter even after a temporary USIran truce. The new cap covers 33 million households, and the push to submit meter readings has grown more urgent as smart meter take-up remains limited.