Useful links
Some of the other organisations that deal with complaints regarding the media are listed below:
Advertising Standards Authority
The ASA ensures that non-broadcast and broadcast advertisements - including those published in newspapers and magazines - are legal, decent, honest and truthful.
The British Broadcasting Corporation
The British Board of Film Classification
An independent organisation which classifies film and video for release in Britain.
PhonepayPlus
PhonepayPlus regulates products or services that are charged to users' phone bills or pre-pay accounts.
Visit the PhonepayPlus website
Internet Watch Foundation
Set up to address the problem of illegal material on the internet, with particular reference to child pornography.
Visit the Internet Watch Foundation website
Internet Service Providers' Association
The Internet Services Providers' Association (ISPA UK) is the UK's Trade Association for providers of Internet services.
Ofcom
Ofcom is the regulator for the UK communications industries, with responsibilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services.
Press Complaints Commission
An independent body which deals with complaints from members of the public about the editorial content of newspapers and magazines.
ATVOD Code of Practice (PDF file: 48.9kb)