[ChrisKnott]

Ludicrous to call William Perrin “the founder” of Ofcom or refer to it as “his” quango.

Passive voice, evidence free conspiracy nonsense that flatters HN biases? Updoots to the left!

[Lio]

> Ludicrous to call William Perrin “the founder” of Ofcom or refer to it as “his” quango

From his own Carnegie UK webpage linked above:

> William was instrumental in creating Ofcom, reforming the regulatory regimes of several sectors and kicking off the UK government’s interest in open data.

William was awarded an OBE for his highly influential work at Carnegie UK with Prof Lorna Woods that underpinned the UK government’s approach to regulating online services.

How is he not a founder of Ofcom?

That’s not a conspiracy theory, that’s just a verifiable statement of fact.

Or is it the use of the word founder you object to? If you prefer, “was instrumental in setting up and is closely related to the running of Ofcom”.

[ChrisKnott]

Both the use of “founder” and “the” are inaccurate and misleading (I notice you’ve switched to “a” without comment). He was a government adviser 20 years ago that was central to the work of creating Ofcom. How is he closely related to the running of Ofcom, today?

The conspiracy theory is your suggestion he is deriving some kind of financial benefit to Carnegie via Yoti - what is the basis for this? (I agree it would be a conflict of interest, though not hypocritical).