Online gambling ban advised to protect minors
News Following a two year study into social and economic impacts of gambling, the government-mandated group made a list of recommendations that will be presented to President Clinton, Congress, state governors and American Indian tribal leaders on June...
[June 7, 1999, 9:33]
Europe defends online broadcasting plans
News The Commissioner, appearing at an Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA) event in Brussels, told ZDNet UK that there should be basic rules to protect minors online, and to prohibit incitement to hatred and overly repetitive advertising.
[June 15, 2006, 14:45]
US moots parental consent for P2P
News A bill introduced on Thursday in Congress would require file-swapping companies to get parental permission before allowing minors to use their services. The bill calls on the FTC to require peer-to-peer companies to get parental permission before...
[July 28, 2003, 9:34]
US Report: Commerce subcommittee passes 'CDA II'
News The bill would make it a crime for commercial Web sites to post material deemed "harmful to minors," notably sexually explicit and violent Web content. As to the question of whether the Starr report would seem to fit the legislation's test for...
[September 18, 1998, 9:50]
China clamps down on Internet cafes to protect 'mental health'
News GAIC is reportedly concerned that Internet cafes in China, especially unlicensed ones, continue to flout rules which prohibit the admission of minors. Industry regulator, the General Administration for Industry and Commerce (GAIC) issued this new...
[March 25, 2004, 7:55]
Chaperone
Downloads Chaperone can even be used to password protect the Windows Date/Time change dialog so the user can't override the schedule by simply resetting the computers date or time.In the home Chaperone is the perfect tool for parents wanting to prevent...
[April 9, 2005, 8:00]
Freedom of speech v the will to protect children
News While admitting Congress should try again to somehow curb children's access to pornographic Web sites, Reed wrote that: "Perhaps we do the minors of this country harm if First Amendment protections, which they will with age inherit fully, are...
[March 22, 1999, 10:55]
Government attacks EC's 'dangerous' online media plans
News Trettenbrein said that the legislation was light, and was only intended to protect minors and ban hate speech. If implemented, the directive would set minimum standards on areas such as advertising, hate speech and the protection of minors.
[June 29, 2006, 16:05]
White House slammed over Net porn bill
News Oxley's bill, which passed the House of Representatives last week on a voice vote, would require commercial sites on the World Wide Web to block access by children to material deemed "harmful to minors" or face criminal penalties.
[October 16, 1998, 7:02]
US Report: CDA II looking strong
News The newly approved Children's Online Protection Act, or COPA, would ban any commercial Web site from carrying materials judged "harmful to minors" without first placing those materials in an area that could be accessed only by adults or minors 17...
[September 25, 1998, 10:40]
CDA all over again as US passes 'enforced safety' in schools
News Istook's law requires the filtering of Internet content that is "inappropriate for minors" or "obscene". The American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Electronic Privacy Information Center were among those to slam...
[June 26, 1998, 9:00]
US agrees ban on offshore casino access
News The justification for the proposal, by Republican Sheila Jackson-Lee, was that minors would be unlikely to have their own credit cards. Republican Spencer Bachus said enacting a law was necessary to protect America's children.
[June 11, 2003, 10:32]
UK battles against Web TV regulation
News The Commission has proposed that TV services over the Internet, or to mobile phones, would only be subject to "a basic set of minimum principles", that would seek to protect minors, prevent incitement to racial hatred and outlaw surreptitious...
[January 30, 2006, 15:20]
TV without frontiers, lawmakers in tears
News Trettenbrein claims the legislation is light and only intended to protect minors and ban hate speech. The TVWF regulation as it currently stands will cover traditional broadcasters and set minimum standards for advertising and the protection of...
[July 11, 2006, 15:35]
New age rating system for games in Europe
News The overall objective of the new system is to protect minors from inadvertent exposure to unsuitable material. The ISFE announces plans for new voluntary age ratings and symbols for games across Europe.
[October 25, 2002, 12:19]
COPA backers slam ruling, urge appeal
News In our view, traditional laws for minors at the state level have worked effectively to protect children from raw pornography without limiting adults' free expression or access to legal materials. The anti-pornography group Enough is Enough blamed...
[February 3, 1999, 9:26]
UK regulator clamps down on porn sites
News Under the terms of the Ecommerce Directive, ICSTIS is permitted in "cases of urgency" involving matters of public policy -- particularly the protection of minors and consumers -- to take direct action against service providers based in other...
[October 23, 2002, 10:44]
