Overview

• The US State Department revoked Bob Vylan’s visas on June 29 citing concerns over the Glastonbury chant.
• The BBC admitted on-screen warnings were inadequate and will overhaul its interruption guidelines to enable live cutoffs.
• Ofcom and UK police have launched investigations into whether the uncensored broadcast breached hate-speech laws.
• Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Glastonbury organizers publicly denounced the “Death to the IDF” slogan as antisemitic.
• Bob Vylan defended the chant on Instagram as legitimate criticism of Israeli military actions in Gaza and denied calls for civilian killings.