[FYI] Safer Internet: reports on rating and filtering / projects under way

[Thomas Roessler <roessler@does-not-exist.org>]

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From: richard.swetenham@cec.eu.int
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Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 08:47:06 +0200
Subject: Safer Internet: reports on rating and 
	filtering / projects under way

a) The European Commission has released two reports in the
framework of the Action Plan on promoting safer use of the
Internet. The reports cover the two main types of
technologies currently available to help parents ensure
that their children can use the Internet safely - content
filtering based on self-labelling and on third-party
rating. The conclusion of the reports is that further work
is needed to improve existing technologies so that they
meet the needs of European users, and make a number of
recommendations. 

The reports can be downloaded from the Website
http://www.ispo.cec.be/iap 

b) Ten projects are being financed under the European
Commission's Action Plan on promoting safer use of the
Internet. This Action Plan runs for four years (1999 -
2002) and provides euro 25 million funding for measures to
deal with illegal and harmful content on the global
network. A new call for proposals for awareness actions
and hotlines is also under way.

Details of the projects and calls are available from the
Website http://www.ispo.cec.be/iap 



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