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<blockquote data-quote="The Feedster" data-source="post: 529972" data-attributes="member: 259515"><p><img src="http://mos.techradar.com//images/docomo-kids-phone-200-200.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Tighter regulation of online expression has moved a step closer with the announcement in Japan that a website watchdog will start filtering out 'harmful' sites there later this month.</p><p></p><p>The Content Evaluation and Monitoring Association (CEMA) is a private body that is working within the framework of a new law governing websites the government deems likely to provoke crimes or promote suicide, among other issues.</p><p></p><p><strong>Protecting kids</strong></p><p></p><p>As we've previously seen, most people accessing the web in Japan do so from phones, which is why CEMA's eye will initially be on mobile sites, not sites designed for PC browsers.</p><p></p><p>Its first role will see it patrolling websites aimed at children and certifying those that meet its list of 22 guidelines. Successful sites will be allowed to pass through child filters already installed on some handsets, particularly phones designed for kids.</p><p></p><p><strong>Keeping tabs</strong></p><p></p><p>The guidelines include approving only sites that keep records of any phones connecting to them, check users' ages and react immediately to threats posted online, such as those made before the Akihabara killings last month.</p><p></p><p>Websites that are not approved end up on a blacklist that - in theory - will be inaccessible to anyone under 18 years of age with a mobile phone.</p><p></p><p>As well as requiring phone companies to offer child filters, the new law also outlines plans to force PC makers to do the same, although this isn't addressed in the current CEMA plans.</p><p></p><p><strong>Best-laid plans...</strong></p><p></p><p>Nevertheless, the scheme isn't without its flaws. We conducted a quick poll among a group of a dozen 13- and 14-year-olds in Tokyo today and discovered that not one had a phone with filtering software.</p><p></p><p>One explained, "I'm not going to use a child's phone - they don't look cool, so I have this normal phone on my dad's account."</p><p></p><p>Although such a reaction is to be expected, one striking observation was that there wasn't a single kid who didn't have a phone. That too would not be cool. Clearly, CEMA has plenty of work ahead of it.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/161b50b/mf.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Internet censorship body swings into action&link=http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/web/internet-censorship-body-swings-into-action-415849" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Internet censorship body swings into action&link=http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/web/internet-censorship-body-swings-into-action-415849" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/12533083878/f/8513/c/669/s/23180555/a2.htm" target="_blank"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/12533083878/f/8513/c/669/s/23180555/a2.img" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/161b50b/story01.htm" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Feedster, post: 529972, member: 259515"] [IMG]http://mos.techradar.com//images/docomo-kids-phone-200-200.jpg[/IMG] Tighter regulation of online exp[B][/B]ression has moved a step closer with the announcement in Japan that a website watchdog will start filtering out 'harmful' sites there later this month. The Content Evaluation and Monitoring Association (CEMA) is a private body that is working within the framework of a new law governing websites the government deems likely to provoke crimes or promote suicide, among other issues. [B]Protecting kids[/B] As we've previously seen, most people accessing the web in Japan do so from phones, which is why CEMA's eye will initially be on mobile sites, not sites designed for PC browsers. Its first role will see it patrolling websites aimed at children and certifying those that meet its list of 22 guidelines. Successful sites will be allowed to pass through child filters already installed on some handsets, particularly phones designed for kids. [B]Keeping tabs[/B] The guidelines include approving only sites that keep records of any phones connecting to them, check users' ages and react immediately to threats posted online, such as those made before the Akihabara killings last month. Websites that are not approved end up on a blacklist that - in theory - will be inaccessible to anyone under 18 years of age with a mobile phone. As well as requiring phone companies to offer child filters, the new law also outlines plans to force PC makers to do the same, although this isn't addressed in the current CEMA plans. [B]Best-laid plans...[/B] Nevertheless, the scheme isn't without its flaws. We conducted a quick poll among a group of a dozen 13- and 14-year-olds in Tokyo today and discovered that not one had a phone with filtering software. One explained, "I'm not going to use a child's phone - they don't look cool, so I have this normal phone on my dad's account." Although such a reaction is to be expected, one striking observation was that there wasn't a single kid who didn't have a phone. That too would not be cool. Clearly, CEMA has plenty of work ahead of it. [IMG]http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/161b50b/mf.gif[/IMG] [URL="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Internet censorship body swings into action&link=http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/web/internet-censorship-body-swings-into-action-415849"][IMG]http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif[/IMG][/URL][URL="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Internet censorship body swings into action&link=http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/web/internet-censorship-body-swings-into-action-415849"][IMG]http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/12533083878/f/8513/c/669/s/23180555/a2.htm"][IMG]http://da.feedsportal.com/r/12533083878/f/8513/c/669/s/23180555/a2.img[/IMG][/URL] [url=http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/161b50b/story01.htm]More...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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