The Advisory Committee on Misinformation and Disinformation provides advice to Ofcom about specific areas of our work relevant to misinformation and disinformation as specified in the Online Safety Act.
The function of the Committee is to provide advice to Ofcom about specific areas of our work relevant to misinformation and disinformation including but not limited to:
- how providers of regulated services should deal with disinformation and misinformation on such services,
- Ofcom’s exercise of its transparency powers to require information from regulated services about matters relating to disinformation and misinformation, and
- Ofcom’s exercise of its duties to promote media literacy in relation to countering disinformation and misinformation on regulated services.
- Ofcom’s development of policy in relation to the programme of work on media we trust and value.
TBC - we are currently in the process of establishing the Committee
TBC - we are currently in the process of establishing the Committee
Lord Allan of Hallam (Chair)
Non-executive member of Ofcom Board.
Richard has nearly 30 years of experience in the development of communications and technology policy. Since 2010 he has been an unelected Member of the House of Lords, after he was created a life peer as Baron Allan of Hallam, of Ecclesall in the county of South Yorkshire. He has been a non-affiliated member since 2 October 2024 and was previously affiliated to the Liberal Democrat party.
He started his professional career with the NHS, as a Systems Developer, building computer networks and information systems for Avon FHSA. Between 1997-2005 he was the Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hallam, also holding the position of Chair of the Information Select Committee until 2001. He joined Cisco Systems in 2005, holding the role of Director Public Policy until 2009, during which he led company work on all telecoms policy issues with politicians and regulators. Then between 2009-2019 he worked at Facebook (now Meta) as VP Public Policy; leading a team of 70+ policy experts across EMEA, acting as a senior decision maker on sensitive policy questions.
He currently holds Non-Executive Board roles with Community Interest Companies New Automotive and the Centre for Public Data. Former Non-Executive roles include being a Board Member at the European Digital Media Observatory, Chair of the Power of Media Taskforce and a Board Member at the Sheffield City Trust.
Members - A recruitment process is currently underway.
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