Programme-related content
- pages carrying material linked to any broadcast programme must be appropriate to the programme and its likely audience; web sites linked to specific programmes should not contain material considered unsuitable for broadcasting in the associated programme.
- we should not link from a site whose associated radio or television programme is designed to attract a child audience to one whose associated radio or television programme contains material which is clearly unsuitable for children.
- any live service where users provide content connected with a BBC domestic television programme must take account of the programme's transmission time.
- any live service where users provide content connected to a BBC radio programme should take the same approach to harm and offence as the radio programme itself and should reflect the sensitivities of the likely audience.
- any live streaming of TV pictures on the web which is trailed on the Home page should normally be suitable for a general audience.
- programme-related material that has not been transmitted should not be placed on the web if it goes beyond the standards of harm and offence required for the associated programme because it breaches our editorial values
- on-demand content which would normally appear on television after the Watershed should be labelled, where appropriate
Decisions about harm and offence online apply equally to user-generated content and links to third party websites as to content created by the BBC. See Section 15: Interacting with our audiences - User-generated content, and Section 13: Editorial integrity & independence - Links to external sites.