BT, Talk Talk, Sky And Virgin Offer Customers The Opportunity To Block Porn As David Cameron Introduces New Parentport Website

New Measures To Protect Kids From Porn

The government will unveil new measures to protect children from online pornography on Tuesday, as four web providers plan to offer customers the ability to block adult content.

Prime minister David Cameron will launch a new website - Parentport - which will allow Mums and Dads to highlight content not suitable for children.

Cameron will also meet Reg Bailey of the Mothers' Union charity, who warned in a report: "parents seem to lack confidence

in their ability to help their children navigate this commercial and sexualised world".

Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards said Parentport would help protect kids: "Seven UK media regulators have come together to develop a single website, with a single aim - to help protect children from inappropriate material.

"Each regulator shares this common purpose and is committed to helping parents make their views and concerns known."

Four of the UK's biggest ISPs, BT, Talk Talk, Sky and Virgin will also give customers the opportunity to protect themselves against porn.

Rik Ferguson, from internet security software company Trend Micro, said while the plan was technically feasible it would be wrong to issue a blanket opt-in for perfectly legal adult oriented content.

"Service providers should be left the freedom to choose the default packages they offer to their customers, filtered or unfiltered and be driven by customer demand," he said.

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