[kictanet] Protecting Children Online & on Mobile

[Wainaina Mungai]

Thanks Brian,

That will be nice...once it's public. I was also hoping for local
initiatives that can be profiled via some of our media houses tomorrow
;-) ....

I'll watch the COP unfold
WM


On 5/16/09, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Wainaina,
>
> Thank you for the question. AfrISPA has just concluded an intense session of
> work with the ITU, European Broadcasting Association, GSMA and others to
> develop "Child Online Protection: Guidelines for Industry"
>
> This document will be launched at the event you have mentioned. Please look
> out for it.... I think you will find it quite enlightening.
>
> Regards,
>
> Brian
>
> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Wainaina Mungai
> <wainaina at madeinkenya.org>wrote:
>
>> 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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