BBC Commenting Rules: Post Something Offensive And We Might Look Up Your Employer And Tell Them

Mediaite reports:

BBC is receiving some pushback from free speech advocates after the broadcaster released the latest version of their privacy policy, which included a warning that “if you post or send offensive, inappropriate or objectionable content anywhere on or to BBC websites…the BBC may use your personal information to stop such behaviour.”

The section about “offensive or inappropriate content on BBC websites” continued by underlining that a publicly-funded British media corporation “may use your personal information to inform relevant third parties such as your employer, school email/internet provider or law enforcement agencies about the content and your behaviour.”

As regular JMG readers surely know, I don’t have a huge problem with this.

BBC announces if you post content on its sites it doesn’t like, it will report you to your boss. Yes, seriously. https://t.co/m0HE5JrIIn pic.twitter.com/EsaweMxLCO

— Frank Fisher (@frank_fisher) May 17, 2017