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Govt asks whether BBC, Twitter, Facebook and Google should be covered by media ownership rules

By Gavriel Hollander

Culture secretary Maria Miller has launched a consultation on media ownership rules, asking for the first time whether the BBC should be included in any new regime.

The corporation has not previously been subject to any media monopoly controls.

Alongside the BBC, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport will consider whether digital media companies like Google, Twitter and Facebook should be included in a new framework.

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