Is the BBC Beyond Reform? / Hate Speech DefinitIon Expanded by Ofcom - Free Speech Implications?

This time on #NCFCounterCulture, the panel discuss a new survey that revealed a majority of Britons do not feel that the BBC represents them or their values and views. This comes at a time when the BBC, which is now under a new Director General and Chairman, is supposed to be reforming and addressing its failings. Is this really going to make any diffierence? Is the BBC capable of meaningful change and, if not, what should happen to it?

Also this month, the TV regulator Ofcom has dramatically expanded its definition of hate speech. What are the possible ramifications of this for free speech?

Joining Peter Whittle on the NCF sofa are:

* Calvin Robinson, political advisor and commentator with the #DefundtheBBC lobby group
* Alice Grant, student writer and commentator

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