[FYI] (Fwd) [GILC-plan] New mobile phone content rules planned

["Axel H Horns" <axel.h.horns@gmx.net>]

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From:           	Chris Chiu <CCHIU@aclu.org>
To:             	gilc-plan@gilc.org
Date sent:      	Tue, 13 May 2003 12:37:51 -0400
Subject:        	[GILC-plan] New mobile phone content rules planned

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http://www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,953680,00.html

... Safeguards are now being drawn up by the mobile phone industry to
cover high-tech handsets which allow users to get online from their
mobiles, rather than having to log on to a computer.

Parents will soon be offered phones with 'blocking' devices to prevent
children stumbling across explicit websites and unsuitable online
'chatrooms'. ...

Stephen Timms, the Minister for e-commerce, told MPs last week that
the Government was working with the mobile industry on a code of
practice to ensure that 'access by minors to inappropriate or illegal
material is as hard as it is via any other medium.' ...

The code being drawn up is expected to include offering mobiles with
'filters' for explicit material similar to those already installed on
many home computers and slapping age ratings similar to those on
cinema films on sensitive services offered by mobile operators, such
as online gambling or violent games. Buyers of the packages would have
to prove they were over 18. ...

Sincerely,
Christopher Chiu
Technology Policy Analyst
American Civil Liberties Union
125 Broad Street
New York NY 10004
USA
Phone: 212-549-2535 
E-mail: cchiu@aclu.org
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