"Digital Spy Wrote:Marriott 'to ban porn from hotel rooms'
Published Saturday, Jan 22 2011, 16:07 GMT | By Colin Daniels
Marriott International has announced plans to phase out pay-per-view adult movies from its hotel rooms.

The decision comes after revenue from customers accessing porn through their in-room entertainment systems dramatically decreased and follows discussions over whether it was appropriate for their clientele.

According to USA Today, the company said: "Changing technology and how guests access entertainment has reduced the revenue hotels and their owners derive from in-room movies, including adult content."

Joe McInerney, CEO of the American Hotel and Lodging Association, added: "It is a hotel's prerogative, as well as a business decision, regarding what services it provides to its guests, including those striving to enhance their family-friendly image."

The plan will initially be executed in new hotels by replacing the old video systems with on-demand services.

Quote:Iran's Supreme Leader sets up body to oversee internet

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has ordered officials to set up a body to oversee the internet.

Quote:The Supreme Council of Virtual Space will include the president, the information and culture ministers, and police and Revolutionary Guard chiefs.

The council will be tasked with defining policy and co-ordinating decisions regarding the internet.

It is thought to be the strongest attempt so far by the Iranian authorities to control the internet.

Quote:Child online safety plans unveiled by Brussels

The European Commission is considering setting up an age-based authentication system that limits where children can visit online.

The system is part of a series of proposals Brussels has put forward to make the net safer for children.

It says children are in danger of finding inappropriate material because ways to control where they can go are "fragmented".

More details of the authentication scheme will be published on 30 May.

In its draft proposals, the commission warns that neglecting protections for children could have a "profound impact" on European societies.

It says children's particular needs and vulnerabilities must be addressed so the net becomes a place of opportunities for them. It also notes that a uniform set of protections would help European businesses aiming services at children.

"Young people are particularly at ease with the use of the internet but they are still vulnerable to online threats," said Cecilia Malmstrom, European Commissioner for Home Affairs. "It is our duty as parents to keep our children safe - and this includes on the web."
(more at http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-17952259)

(06-05-2012 12:46 )arron88 Wrote:  Above link is broken.

Quote:With no central point of management or control of the internet at global, regional or national level ...

Many feel that device-level filters are no longer offering sufficient protection for children online. Only a minority of parents use these filters and this number is falling.

the Government asked Reg Bailey of the Mothers’ Union to carry out research

ISPs currently offer their customers device-level filtering tools and internet safety education but the use of existing content filters, which by and large customers have to choose to install, update and maintain on each internet-enabled device in the home, has dropped 10 percentage points in the last three years and we are now at a point where almost six out of ten children can access the internet without filters in their homes.

Parents find device filters difficult to install and maintain, lack internet safety education and up-to-date information.