Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+ to be regulated by Ofcom in UK
Streaming services including Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ will be required to follow similar Ofcom rules to traditional broadcasters under new legislation being implemented.
The UK’s biggest video-on-demand services, those with more than 500,000 UK users, will be brought under “enhanced regulation” by the watchdog...
The regulations include an exemption for VoD services provided by the BBC, such as BBC iPlayer, as these services will continue to be regulated under the Broadcasting Code via the BBC Framework Agreement for the time being...
The new legislation aims to ensure that news is reported accurately and impartially and audiences are protected against “harmful or offensive” material.
No doubt this will be the level of accuracy expected for news stories about climate change, sustainable energy, wind farms, solar farms, EVs, heat pumps, recycling, pollution, weather statistics, flooding, immigration, housing, crime, education, health, the NHS and claims made daily by prominent politicians.
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