PowerPoint about the Regulatory bodies and their roles.

1. REGULATORY BODIES AND
THEIR ROLES
Marc Carroll

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. However, its code of advertising practice broadly reflects
legislation in many instances. The ASA is not funded by the British
government, but by a levy on the advertising industry.

3. BRITISH BOARD OF FILM
CLASSIFICATION
 The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), previously the British
Board of Film Censors, is a non-governmental organization, 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
television programmes, trailers, adverts, public
Information/campaigning films, menus, bonus content etc.) In the case
of films shown in cinemas, local authorities have the final legal
authorisation over who can view a particular film. The majority of the
time, local authorities accept the Board's recommendation for a
certificate for a film.

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)
 The Performing Right Society was founded in 1914 by a group of music
publishers, to protect the value of copyright and to help provide an
income for composers, songwriters and music publishers. At the time,
PRS collected fees for live performance from sheet 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.IPSO is the
largest independent regulator of the newspaper and magazine industry
in the UK and exists to promote and uphold the highest professional
standards of journalism in the UK, and to support members of the
public in seeking redress where they believe that the Editors' Code of
Practice has been breached.

8. WORLD WIDE WEB CONSORTIUM (W3C)
 The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international
standards organization for the World Wide Web. Founded and currently
led by Tim Berners-Lee, the consortium is made up of member
organizations which maintain full-time staff for the purpose of working
together in the development of standards for the World Wide Web. As
of 19 November 2018, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has 476
members. The W3C also engages in education and outreach, develops
software and serves as an open forum for discussion about the Web.