Schedule 13: Penalties imposed by OFCOM under Chapter 6 of Part 7 Chapter 8: Media Literacy Section 165: Media literacy
This section introduces new objectives that OFCOM are required to achieve in fulfilment of its current duty to promote media literacy under section 11 of the Communications Act 2003, insofar as it relates to regulated services. The first of these new duties requires OFCOM to bring about better public awareness and understanding of ways in which they may keep themselves and others safe whilst using regulated services, with particular emphasis on six new objectives. The second duty requires OFCOM to encourage the development and use of technologies and systems that support users of regulated services to protect themselves and others online. To achieve the new objectives, and fulfil the first duty more broadly, OFCOM are required to pursue, commission, and encourage other organisations to pursue media literacy initiatives and arrange for research to be carried out. This section also requires OFCOM to publish and occasionally update a set of recommendations for how organisations delivering media literacy initiatives, including regulated services, can do so more effectively.