Ofcom reviews access for kids
Web 2.0
22 January 2008
Ofcom is to review a plan to keep children safe from inappropriate web sites.
The Children's Charities' Coalition for Internet Safety (CHIS) has pushed a scheme to protect young people from sites that can also be accessed from mobile phones.
The organisation's secretary John Carr expressed his concern that some mobile phone companies were not doing enough to help.
He told the Times: "We have done our own informal studies in some mobile phone shops, where some shop assistants do no know elementary stuff about internet safety."
The paper has reported a recent survey by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre. It concluded that the increase in mobile ownership in the under 18s has created a greater risk for exploitation of minors.
Social networking sites and computer manufacturers have worked hard to introduce filters and parental controls.
MySpace recently agreed to improve its protection against sexual predators and has helped create a database of offenders.
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