BBC Facing “Quite A Lot Of Pressure” To Come Off X, Director General Says

UK ‘should be spending double’ on BBC World Service, says Tim Davie

The outgoing BBC director-general was quizzed by the Commons Public Accounts Committee on Thursday. Outgoing BBC director-general Tim Davie has said the UK should be “spending double” the amount of money on the corporation’s World Service. The 58-year-old said further spending is required to keep up with China and Russia, who he said are spending billions on their equivalent services, while being quizzed by MPs on the Public Accounts Committee o…

BBC Facing “Quite A Lot Of Pressure” To Come Off X, Director General Says

The BBC is facing “quite a lot of pressure” to come off Elon Musk’s X, Director General Tim Davie has said, but he stressed it will remain on the platform. Speaking to a UK parliamentary committee about the BBC World Service, Davie made the admission as he set out to prove that the BBC remains […]

BBC Director General Tim Davie says the broadcaster will stay on X to try to counteract a flood of global misinformation, despite pressure to leave

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