Overview

• The BBC issued an apology and pulled Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury performance from iPlayer after the duo led chants of “Death to the IDF.”
• Ofcom has opened a formal review to assess whether the unedited live stream breached its hate speech and editorial standards.
• Avon and Somerset Police are examining festival footage to decide if the slogans chanted by Bob Vylan constitute criminal offences under hate crime or public order laws.
• Antisemitism campaigners have announced plans to sue the BBC over its decision to broadcast the performance without edits.
• Glastonbury organizers and senior government figures have pledged to strengthen rules on hate speech at future festivals to ensure zero tolerance for incendiary slogans.