h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I was wondering who in the BBC sets the standards for what words get moderated.
I was watching a trailer for the movie Despicable Me on US television
and the villain said No, I told you a dart gun not a f...,oh sorry. and they omitted the word.
A couple years ago I yikesed the word fart on h2g2 and was told by e-mail that the word is allowable.
Why is it that a word not allowable on American TV is permissable here.
In the marketplace where I work a four letter word for sexual intercourse is common but euphemisms are almost always used for anal emissions.
Is it a cultural thing that London would have one standard and Chicago another?

Another example: In the Last Comic Standing (an American TV Series)
the comic asks
Why is it when a man goes on a date and thinks sex is likely he carries a condom.
When a woman goes on a date and thinks she might get d
she carries a mace pistol and a tazer.
the bleep was not used on American TV.

Shows broadcast on American cable channels have different standards to shows broadcast on American network television.

Shows broadcast on British television before 9pm have different standards to shows broadcast on British television after 9pm.

American culture has different standards to British culture.

There are many variables.

then there is the question of children learning by example
for example in the song Hakuna Matata

That's right. Take Pumbaa here
Why, when he was a young warthog...

When I was a young wart hog

Very nice

Thanks

He found his aroma lacked a certain appeal
He could clear the savannah after every meal

I'm a sensitive soul though I seem thick-skinned
And it hurt that my friends never stood downwind
And oh, the shame He was ashamed
Thought of changin' my name What's in a name?
And I got downhearted How did ya feel?
Everytime that I...

Hey! Pumbaa! Not in front of the kids!
Oh. Sorry

It seems, though today the kids learn all the words early- if not from their parents using the words in front of them (particularly on cell phones) then from their schoolmates.

any italics care to comment?

I would still like an answer to the original question
I was wondering who in the BBC sets the standards for what words get moderated.

I'm not sure, but I have it on good authority that he wears a raincoat and has an office to himself.

Shagbark, BBC Editorial Guidelines (http://www.bbc.co.uk/guidelines/editorialguidelines/) set out the BBC-wide editorial standards that we all must follow. Obviously, there are different rules for late-night TV shows broadcast after the watershed than, say, a family website that's viewable 24/7. And there are also plenty of slightly grey areas depending on context and audience. But the Editorial Policy team and their Guidelines are there to help us make the right call.

Nah, 3/10 for that, guys. Icy's answer was much better!

Why did you want the Eds to comment on a cultural difference? The Editorial website is here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/guidelines/editorialguidelines/contact/ you should contact them to ask about BBC wide standards, not harass our poor Eds who you seem to demand attention from on a regular basis! We've only got two of them, every time they answer one of your ridiculous questions that's time everyone else on h2g2 looses.

You have my apology for wasting peoples time. I really didn't know how to find that URL you listed.