Glastonbury Broadcaster accepts it was wrong to deem live stream 'suitable'

The BBC has said it was wrong to believe the punk duo Bob Vylan were "suitable for live streaming with appropriate mitigations" for their performance at Glastonbury festival, despite ranking them as "high risk" before the event.

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In a statement signalling there would be repercussions for those blamed for the failure, the corporation said any musical performances deemed to be high risk would now not be broadcast or streamed live.

Those overseeing such events would also be given more support and provided with "more detailed, practical guidance on the threshold for withdrawing a live stream", it said.

Bobby Vylan, whose real name is Pascal Robinson-Foster, led chants of "death, death to the IDF", referring to the Israel Defense Forces, at Glastonbury last Saturday.

The BBC initially placed a warning on screen for viewers, but later said it regretted not intervening by pulling the live stream. In the hours after the set, the BBC director general, Tim Davie, ordered the content not to feature in any further BBC coverage, but technical issues meant it remained on the iPlayer for several hours.