Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. If you've ever watched a film or a tv show or played a video game. Then you've probably noticed a ...

Online videos on websites such as YouTube could soon be subject to age ratings in the same way as films being shown at the cinema. The British Board of Film Classification is developing a system which ...

I've given talks recently at Cumberland Lodge and Queen's University Belfast which both had this title, although they covered different ground. It's a vast subject, made even more complicated by the ...

The Irish Film Classification Office has published its revised and updated Classification Guidelines, with changes in how depictions of drugs, bullying, self-harm, and anti-social behaviour are ...

Violent on-screen scenes may be classified more cautiously in the future as research shows it has become an increasing concern for UK audiences, according to the British Board of Film Classification ...

Recently, because of the screening of The Da Vinci Code, the topic of film classification management is once again widely discussed. Research specialist on young people, Sun Yunxiao, loudly urged ...

When I last spoke to Dr Ciarán Kissane, Ireland’s director of film classification, he revealed that he had spent time looking through the annual reports that the censor (as the job was titled until ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The UK’s film classification body has recommended a selection of films about the transgender experience in a bid to prompt discussion among families. The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), ...

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is updating the well known and widely recognised classification symbols, seen in the cinema, on DVDs, and websites where films may be viewed or ...

A new category is being added to Ontario's film-classification system, the first such change in 15 years. The Toronto-based Ontario Film Review Board plans to split the "Adult Accompaniment" category ...