Music videos in the UK are regulated by OFCOM (The Office of Communications). OFCOM is government approved and has wide-ranging power across television, radio telecoms and postal sectors in order to protect the public from harmful or offensive content. However on the internet, ratings are harder to enforce as anyone can upload anything to the internet. If the video is too offensive or goes against the guidelines, then the host of the website (YouTube) is allowed to take down the video from the website.
Recently there have been tighter restrictions on music videos with regulation being brought in. Music videos are now expected to have age ratings to be shown on them at the start of the music video (similarly to a film)
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