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Ofcom & BBC Board Handed More Powers To Handle Complaints About BBC Content As UK Gov’t Publishes Long-Awaited Mid-Term Review
Ofcom and the BBC Board are to be handed more powers to oversee complaints about BBC content including on its website and YouTube channel, as the government’s mid-term review into the corpora…
A subcommittee of the board, which will benefit from “outside perspectives provided by independent advisors,” will also be given greater powers to scrutinize and challenge how the BBC handles complaints. While complaints about BBC content are never far from the spotlight, they have been particularly front and center for the past few months in the main due to its sometimes controversial coverage of the Israel-Hamas War, along with some viewers taking umbrage with its royal reporting. Meanwhile, the CMS recommended the BBC strengthen transparency and engagement with commercial competitors when making changes to its services, especially in areas such as local news and radio.
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