[kictanet] Protecting Children Online & on Mobile

[John Walubengo]

Wainaina,

Content control is a big animal. Right from Policy through to Implementation, there will be conflicting positions by different stakeholders...

However, the practice in more developed economies is to ensure that "Adult Content" whether online/sms/mms etc is ONLY accessible through credit card numbers.  This works to protect (cut out) a large group of "under 18s" but at the same time makes the "over 18s" feel extremely monitored....i.e. nobody wants his /her credit card statements showing the digital "K-Streets" they have been visiting...

I do hope this issues will be discussed in the upcoming content discussions.

walu.


--- On Wed, 5/13/09, Wainaina Mungai <wainaina at madeinkenya.org> wrote:

> From: Wainaina Mungai <wainaina at madeinkenya.org>
> Subject: [kictanet] Protecting Children Online & on Mobile
> To: jwalu at yahoo.com
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 11:10 AM
> Hi
> 
> The World Telecommunications and Information Society Day
> will be in a
> few days - 17th May. The theme is on protection of children
> in
> cyberspace....
> 
> That led me to wonder how/if we are working to protect
> children from
> Mobile Content now that there is alot of adult content sold
> on mobiles
> e.g. Wall papers, adult tips on relationships, dating
> services etc.
> 
> Children now have access to both web and mobile - with
> mobiles being
> harder to monitor. Who out there is working on such
> issues?
> 
> Wainaina
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