F1PART 4BVIDEO-SHARING PLATFORM SERVICES

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Pt. 4B inserted (1.11.2020 for specified purposes) by The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1062), regs. 1(3)(b), 47 (with Pt. 7)

Information and reports

368Z11Reports by OFCOM

1

OFCOM may from time to time produce and publish reports about—

a

the steps taken by providers of video-sharing platform services to comply with sections 368Y and 368Z1(6) and (7);

b

the measures taken by providers for the purposes mentioned in section 368Z1(1), and the ways in which such measures are implemented so as to carry out those purposes;

c

the systems adopted by providers for the reporting, flagging or rating of material on the service and the handling of complaints or the resolution of disputes relating to the service.

2

In publishing a report under this section, OFCOM must have regard to the need to exclude from publication, so far as that is practicable, the matters which are confidential in accordance with subsections (3) and (4).

3

A matter is confidential under this subsection if—

a

it relates specifically to the affairs of a particular body, and

b

publication of that matter would or might, in OFCOM’s opinion, seriously and prejudicially affect the interests of that body.

4

A matter is confidential under this subsection if—

a

it relates to the private affairs of an individual, and

b

publication of that matter would or might, in OFCOM’s opinion, seriously and prejudicially affect the interests of that individual.