British Politician Wants OFLC Ratings For Websites
British politician Andy Burnham wants the internet to have film-like ratings for every English speaking website. According to Reuters, he’s planning on negotiating with President Obama on drawing up new rules for websites around the world.
Obviously, I don’t need to tell you guys why this will never happen, but I will anyway.For a start, who’s going to be doing the rating? Considering the billions of English-speaking websites online already how does he plan on reviewing and rating every website? Plus there’s the fact that websites are constantly changing, evolving beasts – what’s to stop a PG-rated site from becoming M rated after someone posts a story that isn’t quite suitable for kids? The only conceivable solution would be an automated software solution, which would almost fail and slow down the internet as well.
Then there’s the whole local angle – I mean, can we really expect to rate websites when we can’t even rate video games properly?
My guess is that this plan will be taken quietly out back and killed off…
[Reuters]
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This can be done, and it will work. And it won’t slow down the Internet. Do you think Google is slowed down by its “safe” searching technology?
It’s not very complicated. Some stuff should be rated adult-only. ISPs should apply filters on their DNS servers. If you want full unfiltered Internet, just be an adult and request easily through an online control panel that you wish to have an unfiltered Internet access.
@Charbax
So you have to be a movie producer to have your own personal site? Need approval to have your own personal website? Perhaps you will HAVE to use a third party service to run your own website?
No way can this be done!
why cant parents be parents isn’t it there job to monitor whats good for there kids? and can everybody just stop whining to the government to make everything cleaner than a bar of soap? if you and i stress you as the parent dont like something on the internet get own internet filter. or better turn it off and make your kids go and play with your dog.
the internet should be free and open!