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On to the 0fcom site, and try make a complaint about netflix you can find a link to the dutch regulator so they cannot take a complaint. sorry, our sianal they cannot take a complaint. sorry, your signal cut-off _ they cannot take a complaint. sorry, your signal cut-off briefly _ they cannot take a complaint. sorry, your signal cut-off briefly there - your signal cut—off briefly there but we will persist, it picked up a bit. is this a case of anything to be regulated at all even if 0fcom are i...

Dont go far enough. the problem with someone going on the internet is nobody knows how old you are. so if we want to offer better protection for children and preserve the freedom of adults, then we need to have a system in place that allows websites to know the age of their users so they can apply appropriate levels of protection. and while it is welcome to hear that the government has taken on board some of the recommendations of the committee of mps and lords who have been scrutinising the bil...

Netflix, they are european—based, they are a us company, but they are based in the netherlands, so they are under the remit of 0fcom, the regulator, the uk regulator that regulates the terrestrial channels that we see here, like the bbc. so, that makes this issue complicated. the 0fcom code, if we look at it, does include reference to the european commission on human rights and our rights to free speech. but also it accepts that in certain circumstances, it is going to impose limits on that fr...

Expert david banks about why that might be hard to achieve. netflix is, the european base is in the netherlands. so they are not under the remit of 0fcom, the regulator, the uk regulator that regulates the terrestrial channels that we see here that the bbc. so that we see here that the bbc. so that makes this issue complicated. the 0fcom code, if one looks at it, does include reference to the european convention on human rights and dont free speech and also it accepts that in certain circumstanc...

Licence? i minister now ask 0fcom to review its licence? , , licence? i believe my right honourable _ licence? i believe my right honourable friend - licence? i believe my right honourable friend the - licence? i believe my right - honourable friend the secretary of state for culture media and support has already asked 0fcom to review that matter but what i will say mr speaker is that we live in a democracy and we live in a country which believes in free speech and i think it is important that w...

Under the measures that this house has already approved, we can now target, mr speaker, any russian entity, any russian individual. we can already target notjust entity, any russian individual. we can already target not just the breakaway republics, the so—called breakaway republics, the so—called breakaway republics, the so—called breakaway republics in donetsk and luhansk, we can target members of the duma voted to recognise them. this is the most far—reaching piece of legislation of i...

Carefully under review in such sensitive times and takes action when necessary. well, thats the culture secretary, and then this is the prime minister in the house of commons earlier. we live in a democracy, | mr speaker, and we live in a country that believes in free speech. _ and i think it important that we should leave i it up to 0fcom, rather than to politicians, i to decide which media organisations to ban. i thats what russia does. well, chris curtis from broadcast magazine, first of all,...

Broadcaster, that means it is funded by and serves the state and there is an important distinction between a state broadcaster and public broadcaster like the bbc, which is meant to serve the public. an rts run by an organisation that is funded by the kremlin. in this country, in britain, we have a system of independent regulation, we have independent regulations like 0fcom which regulate the media and under 0fcom rules, you can be funded by a state but you cannot be controlled by a political bo...

Rt is a state broadcaster, that means it is funded by and serves the state. there is an important distinction, i think, between the state broadcaster such as rt and a public broadcaster, such as the bbc and others that countries have, which is funded to serve the public. rt is run by and controlled by an organisation which is called tv novosti and tv novosti is funded by the kremlin. in this country, in britain, we have a system of independent regulation, we have these independent bodies like 0f...

As a sort of pincer movement going on. the culture secretary warning 0fcom, saying that, needed to make sure youre across this and then you get the prime minister saying, "well, its entirely up to the regulator to decide." its a tricky balancing act for the regulator to walk. and how does actually work? who does have the power to pull rt off the air — is it 0fcom? is it the government? yes, i mean all calm can revoke broadcast licenses. thats when it gets most of bit does not happen very often...