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18/06/2013
ISPs Head For No 10 For Internet Porn And Child Abuse Talks
No 10 will meet with a number of internet service providers (ISPs) to discuss concerns surrounding children accessing pornography online and the availability of child sex abuse.
It is understood that the prime minister has called for more to be done to remove illegal content from the web, while Labour have added that voluntary controls are not working.
SO far ISPs have refused to act on calls to make parental controls and filters a default setting.
Yahoo!, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook, BT, Sky, Virgin Media, TalkTalk, Vodafone, O2, EE and Three will attend the meeting at No 10, to be chaired by Culture Secretary Maria Miller.
(MH/CD)
It is understood that the prime minister has called for more to be done to remove illegal content from the web, while Labour have added that voluntary controls are not working.
SO far ISPs have refused to act on calls to make parental controls and filters a default setting.
Yahoo!, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook, BT, Sky, Virgin Media, TalkTalk, Vodafone, O2, EE and Three will attend the meeting at No 10, to be chaired by Culture Secretary Maria Miller.
(MH/CD)
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