regulatory bodies and their roles

1. Regulatory Bodies
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2. Advertising Standards Authority(ASA)
 The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is the self-regulatory
organisation of the advertising industry in the United Kingdom. The ASA is
a non-statutory organisation and so cannot interpret or enforce legislation.

3. British Board Of film Classification(BBFC)
 The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), previously the British Board
of Film Censors, is a non-governmental organisation, founded by the film
industry in 1912 and responsible for the national classification and
censorship of films exhibited at cinemas and video works such as T.V
programmes, trailers, adverts, public Information/campaigning films,
menus, bonus content. Released on physical media within the United
Kingdom.

4. Pan European game information(PEGI)
 Pan European Game Information (PEGI) is a European video game content rating
system established to help European consumers make informed decisions when
buying video games or apps through the use of age recommendations and
content descriptors.

5. Ofcom
 The Office of Communications commonly known as Ofcom, is the UK
government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the
broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United
Kingdom.
 Ofcom has wide-ranging powers across the television, radio, telecoms and
postal sectors. It has a statutory duty to represent the interests of citizens
and consumers by promoting competition and protecting the public from
harmful or offensive material.

6. Performing right society for music(PRS)
 PRS for Music Limited (formerly The MCPS-PRS Alliance Limited) is the UK's
leading collection society, bringing together two collection societies: the
Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society (MCPS) and the Performing Right
Society (PRS). It undertakes collective rights management for musical works on
behalf of its 130,000 members. PRS for Music was formed in 1997 following the
MCPS-PRS Alliance. In 2009, PRS and MCPS-PRS Alliance realigned their brands
and became PRS for Music.

7. Independent press standards
Organisation(IPSO)
 The Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) was established on
Monday 8 September 2014 following the windup of the Press Complaints
Commission (PCC), which had been the main industry regulator of the press in
the United Kingdom since 1990.

8. World wide web consortium(W3C)
 The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main
international standards organization for the World Wide Web (abbreviated
WWW or W3).
 The W3C also engages in education and outreach, develops software and
serves as an open forum for discussion about the Web.