As reported by The Daily Telegraph, presenters and guests on BBC TV programmes have been told not to wear Black Lives Matter badges after critics suggested that the campaign had been “hijacked”.
A senior source told the publication: “The BBC cannot be seen to support any kind of cause over another, and Black Lives Matter is certainly a campaign.
The BBC has responded to a report stating that they have banned “visual symbols of support” for the Black Lives Matter movement from being worn on screen.
In response, a BBC spokesperson told The Independent: “It is long established that BBC broadcasters and journalists don’t tend to wear campaign insignia and badges, and absolutely nothing about that principle has changed.”