Thookta hai Bharat! Worldview Media Network Ltd in respect of its service Republic Bharat has been fined £20,000 by UK’s communication regulator, Ofcom for hate speech and highly offensive content, breaching Ofcom Broadcasting Code. 1/n ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/la…
That’s not all. Ofcom considered that a sanction is merited in this case since the breaches are serious. Here is the decision: 2/n 
This is the content for which Republic Bharat was pulled up. Such stuff is actually quite normal for nationalist TV channels in India. 3/n
The channel submitted that it has apologized 280 times (Ofcom counted 279) but it was not considered enough. It has been directed to broadcast a statement of Ofcom’s findings and action in response to the breaches. 4/n
For those interested in reading the full case, here is the link to the sanction decision. 5/5 ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/…
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