How decisions are made on links to external sites

The request was successful.

Dear Sir or Madam,

Do the BBC have a written policy for making decisions on which external sites to provide links to from the BBC website?

How offensive and/or dangerous would a site need to be before the BBC would refuse to link to them?

Yours faithfully,

jdc

FOI Enquiries, British Broadcasting Corporation

Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, about BBC policies covering links to external
websites on bbc.co.uk, which was received on 12 June 2008. We shall deal
with your request as promptly as possible and, at the latest, within 20
working days. If you have any queries about your request please contact
us at the address below.

The reference number for your request is RFI20080636.

Kind regards.

The Information Policy and Compliance Team
BBC Freedom of Information
Room 2252, BBC White City
201 Wood Lane
London W12 7TS, UK

Website: www.bbc.co.uk/foi
Email: [BBC request email]
Tel: 020 8008 2883
Fax: 020 8008 2398

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FOI Enquiries, British Broadcasting Corporation

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Dear jdc

Please find attached the response to your request made under the terms
of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Yours sincerely

Fern Kersey
Adviser, Information Policy and Compliance

BBC Freedom of Information
Room 2252
BBC White City
201 Wood Lane
London W12 7TS, UK

Website: www.bbc.co.uk/foi/
Email: mailto:[BBC request email]
Tel: 020 8008 2883
Fax: 020 8008 2398

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