Will Ofcom regulate content available over the Internet?
12.1 As well as setting out the regulation of networks and services that deliver communications services, the Bill also outlines the extent to which Ofcom will regulate electronic content. 12.2 Content provided over the Internet is specifically excluded by the draft Bill from direct regulation. However Ofcom will have a statutory duty to promote public awareness that Internet content is unregulated, and how users can regulate and control access to it themselves. 12.3 The draft Bill requires Ofcom to establish and maintain a Content Board who will represent the interests of consumers in relation to Ofcom’s work on the content of anything broadcast or transmitted by means of all electronic communications networks, including the Internet. 12.4 Ofcom will have a function to promote broadcasting and Internet media literacy and to conduct and publish research into content regulation and to take account of findings in its work. Note: 1. The PEC must be implemented by 31 October 2003. It will
