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UK Media Watchdog Penalises Khalsa TV With Inciting Violence And Terror Reference
The United Kingdom s television regulator Ofcom has imposed a penalty of £50,000 (Rs. 50 lakh) on Khalsa TV for violating the country s broadcasting rules.
The United Kingdom s television regulator Ofcom has imposed a penalty of £50,000 (Rs. 50 lakh) on Khalsa TV for violating the country s broadcasting rules. Khalsa TV has been fined over the broadcasting of a music video and a discussion programme that indirectly called on British Sikh living in the UK to commit violence. For the music video song called
Bagga and Shera, Khalsa TV has been fined £20,000, while the live discussion programme
UK Media Regulator Fines Khalsa TV For Indirect Calls to Violence, Terrorist References
Britain s Ofcom has fined Khalsa Television £50,000 for a music video and a discussion programme that indirectly called for British Sikhs to commit violence.
A Khalsa TV sign. Photo: ktv.global
World13/Feb/2021
London: The UK’s media watchdog has imposed a total fine of £50,000 on Khalsa Television Ltd or KTV in Britain for broadcasting a music video and a discussion programme that was an indirect call for British Sikhs to commit violence and also contained a terror reference.
The Office of Communications (Ofcom), the UK government-approved media regulatory authority, issued the order on Friday following its findings dating back to February and November 2019.