More questions are being asked about the impartiality of two-tier regulator Ofcom as one of its social media accounts seems to have a penchant for lefty content. The official Ofcom presence on Bluesky follows a total of 36 accounts. This includes a raft of BBC journos, Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel, and Full Fact…
Ofcom’s own policy states that to succeed as an organisation, it must reflect the diversity of thought that exists across the UK. This might explain their recent track record then…
Ofcom has also handed a follow to the Center for Countering Digital Hate – the charity founded by Morgan McSweeney and revealed last summer to have a “five-year plan” to “kill Musk’s Twitter”. Meanwhile, the independent regulator is set to inherit fresh powers to slap eye-watering fines on social media companies and even to block their access to the UK. After all the watchdog’s policy insists that “Ofcom as an organisation is, and must be, scrupulously impartial.” Though seemingly not when curating its own revealing follows…
Co-conspirators may then also be surprised to find the official Ofcom handle following Dr Steven Buckley – a digital media wonk who has been busying tweeting the regulator “to do something about GB News”. If the Ofcom can’t keep its own account in check, what hope does it have when embarking on its social media policing mission later this year…
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”