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
GRID grid.424965.8 · ISNI 0000 0001 2150 5057
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.ofcom.org.uk/cy
- Image
- Riverside House, Bankside 01.jpg
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- inception
- 2003-00-00
- social media followers
- 59186
- short name
- Ofcom
Sources (8)
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Article
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.
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