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The incoming chair of the culture, media and sport select committee has said he would be “instinctively nervous” about any attempt to make communications regulator Ofcom pre-screen broadcasts for extremist content.The incoming chair of the culture, media and sport select committee has said he would be “instinctively nervous” about any attempt to make communications regulator Ofcom pre-screen broadcasts for extremist content.
“It’s not generally historically a good idea to get the content of political, potentially political, speech regulated in advance whoever does it,” said Conservative MP Jesse Norman, who replaced the new culture secretary John Whittingdale as chair earlier this month.“It’s not generally historically a good idea to get the content of political, potentially political, speech regulated in advance whoever does it,” said Conservative MP Jesse Norman, who replaced the new culture secretary John Whittingdale as chair earlier this month.
However, he said that the committee would have to wait for any proposals to be published by the Home Office as part of its forthcoming extremism bill before assessing them.However, he said that the committee would have to wait for any proposals to be published by the Home Office as part of its forthcoming extremism bill before assessing them.
He added: “There will be overlapping responsibilities with other agencies on this, and that’s another reason for not putting the cart before the horse.”He added: “There will be overlapping responsibilities with other agencies on this, and that’s another reason for not putting the cart before the horse.”
The Guardian revealed last month that Theresa May faced opposition in March from then culture secretary Sajid Jarvid over the plans, which he described in a letter as moving Ofcom from a regulator “into the role of a censor” and marking “a fundamental shift in the way UK broadcasting is regulated”. The Guardian revealed last month that Theresa May faced opposition in March from then culture secretary Sajid Javid over the plans, which he described in a letter as moving Ofcom from a regulator “into the role of a censor” and marking “a fundamental shift in the way UK broadcasting is regulated”.
He added: “It should be noted that other countries with a pre-transmission regulatory regime are not known for their compliance with rights relating to freedom of expression and government may not wish to be associated with such regimes.”He added: “It should be noted that other countries with a pre-transmission regulatory regime are not known for their compliance with rights relating to freedom of expression and government may not wish to be associated with such regimes.”
Ofcom already has powers to take action against broadcasters who breach rules on broadcasting material that “incites hatred”.Ofcom already has powers to take action against broadcasters who breach rules on broadcasting material that “incites hatred”.