Until now, only licensed TV channels had to comply with Ofcom's broadcasting code and accessibility requirements - and some popular streaming services in the UK were not regulated at all.

The UK’s biggest video-on-demand services will have to follow the same rules on content and accessibility as traditional broadcasters, under new legislation being implemented.

  • UncleArthur@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    2 months ago

    Because the rules should apply to everyone, obviously.

    Edit: and because GB News has been breaking them for ages now.

    • FishFace@piefed.socialEnglish
      11·
      2 months ago

      Seems then like there’s no real reason to block applying the rules to streamers while trying to prosecute GB news.

      What I didn’t realise when writing my first comment was that GB News has already been fined for breaching Ofcom rules.