Telecommincations Board (Mercia- UDI 1995)

Over view
Online and phone services are regulated by the. It is answerable to the The Federal General Assembly, who also appoint it's chief executive every 3 years. The current chief executive is Dora Drängarna Pejačević.

It controles the quality of online and phone servaces, tarrifs, download/upload speeds and consumer complaints. It is resposible for comatting online and delephone frauds such as 'phishing'. It also has the power to filter out puerile, rude, boring and libellous articles on line and stop phone tapping by the paparazi press.

It's functions are not to be confused with those of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), which is meant to filter out purile, rude, boaring and liblouse programing. It is not a cencorship tool like the Federal Press Bureau either

Books and newspapers are regulated by the Print Media Committee which is meant to filter out puerile, rude, boring and libellous articles in newspapers, magazzens and books.

The current Culture, media and sport minister is the Federal Labour MP for West Bromwich East, (OTL) Tom Watson.