Ofcom
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The Office of Communications (Ofcom) is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, internet, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom.
Key facts
- UK legislation.long_title
- An Act to establish a body corporate to be known as the Office of Communications; and to confer functions in relation to proposals about the regulation of communications on that body, on certain existing regulators and on the Secretary of State.
- UK legislation.year
- 2002
- UK legislation.citation
- 2002 c. 11
- UK legislation.territorial_extent
- United Kingdom
- UK legislation.royal_assent
- 19 March 2002
- UK legislation.commencement
- various
- UK legislation.status
- Amended
- UK legislation.original_text
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/11/contents/enacted
- UK legislation.revised_text
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/11/contents
- UK legislation.UK LEG_title
- Office of Communications Act 2002
- UK legislation.use_new_UK LEG
- yes
- UK legislation.collapsed
- yes
- Organisation.name
- Office of Communications
- Organisation.logo
- Ofcom logo.svg
- Organisation.image
- Riverside House, Bankside 01.jpg
- Organisation.caption
- Ofcom offices at Riverside House, Bankside, next to Southwark Bridge in London
- Organisation.abbreviation
- Ofcom
- Organisation.type
- Statutory corporation
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Other
- Founded
- 2003
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Also known as
- Office of Communications, Y Swyddfa Gyfathrebiadau
- Status
- Active
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- government agency
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- London
- Headquarters
- London
- Official website
- www.ofcom.org.uk/cy
- Image
- Riverside House, Bankside 01.jpg
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- inception
- 2003-00-00
- operating area
- United Kingdom
- social media followers
- 59186
- short name
- Ofcom
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
32 sectionsContents
- History
- News International phone hacking scandal
- Timeline of communications regulators
- Activities
- Television and radio
- Telephone and broadband
- Spectrum licensing and protection
- Postal services
- Consultations
- Leadership
- Current
- Historical
- List of chairs of Ofcom
- List of chief executive officers of Ofcom
- Ofcom committees
- UK hate speech regulation
- Controversies
- Expenditure
- Al Jazeera
- Press TV
- Sitefinder database and freedom of information
- Deryn Consulting controversy
- Abu Dhabi TV
- CGTN
- Criticism of Michael Grade
- GB News
- BBC's Gaza documentary
- Sexual deepfake generation on X
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
The Office of Communications (Ofcom) is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, internet, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom.
Ofcom has wide-ranging powers across the television, radio, telecoms, internet and postal sectors. It has a statutory duty to represent the interests of citizens and consumers by promoting competition and protecting the public from harmful or offensive material.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ofcom” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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