children protection

Motorola is planning to release a new product to allow parents control the mobile calls of their children and intercept their conversations. While there is nothing new in such kind of services previously they relied on a compliant network operator and/or a customized handset. As for Motorola it is launching a completely new technology that allows parental control on any handset on any network by intercepting communication with the SIM.

Microsoft is developing a new version of Internet Explorer 8 in association with the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre. The browser will provide parents and children with easy access to advice and information.

Such a customized browser is being designed by Microsoft to provide users with the opportunity to adjust their browser so that they can get direct access to CEOP's advice pages.

Internet community in Australia is expressing its strong opposition to the government’s plans to censor the Internet in a move to supposedly “protect children” against abusive content. www.internetblackout.com.au/ is calling for opponents of the government's plans to black out their profile picture on social networking sites, black out their websites, write to their MP and join a real world protest too.