The review will start immediately, and it is expected to be completed by summer. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON – Britain’s BBC on Friday named former television executive John Hardie to review its social media guidance for freelancers, after its existing policies came under fire followingIn early March, Mr Lineker, in a Twitter post, described the British government’s controversial illegal migration Bill as an “immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s”.
The BBC then announced a review into how sports and other non-news presenters use social media to express their personal opinions. Mr Hardie, a former CEO and editor-in-chief of ITN and an executive vice-president at Walt Disney, has not worked for the BBC, the news company said in a statement.
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