This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Appoint an independent 3rd party to undertake all complaints against the BBC.
The BBC is currently in charge of it own complaints procedure. Only after three phases can a complaint be referred to Ofcom. I have, on multiple occasions, complained about BBC content from television and radio and not once has my complaint been upheld.
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I have requested statistical details of how many complaints are given rulings in favour of the complainant and no information has been provided. The BBC should not be able to self-regulate in this way. It is funded by the TV Licence fee and the tax payer and should therefore be accountable to its audience. We need an independent, objective and transparent complaints procedure.
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