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Can a judge force action?
Yes, a judge can force action, or stop it, through an injunction. In the Evri case, if the BBC had been ordered to remove the Panorama episode, that would have been a mandatory injunction. The current note on iPlayer is a less drastic measure, agreed by the BBC.
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