Comments on: UK needs age ratings for under-18 mobile content http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/08/uk_needs_age_ratings_for_under-18_mobile_content.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:51:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anthony http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/08/uk_needs_age_ratings_for_under-18_mobile_content.html/comment-page-1#comment-243958 Anthony Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:09:26 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=8215#comment-243958 Shame OFCOM can't/don't/won't (delete as appropriate) stop unsolicited premium-rate "adult" spam being sent to handsets. That's where real regulation is needed.<br><br>I agree with Chris (by the way I owe you a drink) that ratings should be standard across all media. It shouldn't matter what you're watching a film or TV show on - if it's got a BBFC rating then it's got a BBFC rating!<br><br>Personally I'd like it if operators such as 3 UK removed (or allowed their users to remove) the soft-core porn from the mobile portal that's there nightly. I'm not a prude, I just don't want it there when using my phone's browser in public! Shame OFCOM can't/don't/won't (delete as appropriate) stop unsolicited premium-rate “adult” spam being sent to handsets. That's where real regulation is needed.

I agree with Chris (by the way I owe you a drink) that ratings should be standard across all media. It shouldn't matter what you're watching a film or TV show on – if it's got a BBFC rating then it's got a BBFC rating!

Personally I'd like it if operators such as 3 UK removed (or allowed their users to remove) the soft-core porn from the mobile portal that's there nightly. I'm not a prude, I just don't want it there when using my phone's browser in public!

]]> By: Anthony http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/08/uk_needs_age_ratings_for_under-18_mobile_content.html/comment-page-1#comment-235911 Anthony Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:09:26 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=8215#comment-235911 Shame OFCOM can't/don't/won't (delete as appropriate) stop unsolicited premium-rate "adult" spam being sent to handsets. That's where real regulation is needed.<br><br>I agree with Chris (by the way I owe you a drink) that ratings should be standard across all media. It shouldn't matter what you're watching a film or TV show on - if it's got a BBFC rating then it's got a BBFC rating!<br><br>Personally I'd like it if operators such as 3 UK removed (or allowed their users to remove) the soft-core porn from the mobile portal that's there nightly. I'm not a prude, I just don't want it there when using my phone's browser in public! Shame OFCOM can't/don't/won't (delete as appropriate) stop unsolicited premium-rate “adult” spam being sent to handsets. That's where real regulation is needed.

I agree with Chris (by the way I owe you a drink) that ratings should be standard across all media. It shouldn't matter what you're watching a film or TV show on – if it's got a BBFC rating then it's got a BBFC rating!

Personally I'd like it if operators such as 3 UK removed (or allowed their users to remove) the soft-core porn from the mobile portal that's there nightly. I'm not a prude, I just don't want it there when using my phone's browser in public!

]]> By: Anthony http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/08/uk_needs_age_ratings_for_under-18_mobile_content.html/comment-page-1#comment-224914 Anthony Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:09:26 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=8215#comment-224914 Shame OFCOM can't/don't/won't (delete as appropriate) stop unsolicited premium-rate "adult" spam being sent to handsets. That's where real regulation is needed.<br><br>I agree with Chris (by the way I owe you a drink) that ratings should be standard across all media. It shouldn't matter what you're watching a film or TV show on - if it's got a BBFC rating then it's got a BBFC rating!<br><br>Personally I'd like it if operators such as 3 UK removed (or allowed their users to remove) the soft-core porn from the mobile portal that's there nightly. I'm not a prude, I just don't want it there when using my phone's browser in public! Shame OFCOM can't/don't/won't (delete as appropriate) stop unsolicited premium-rate “adult” spam being sent to handsets. That's where real regulation is needed.

I agree with Chris (by the way I owe you a drink) that ratings should be standard across all media. It shouldn't matter what you're watching a film or TV show on – if it's got a BBFC rating then it's got a BBFC rating!

Personally I'd like it if operators such as 3 UK removed (or allowed their users to remove) the soft-core porn from the mobile portal that's there nightly. I'm not a prude, I just don't want it there when using my phone's browser in public!

]]> By: Chris at LG http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/08/uk_needs_age_ratings_for_under-18_mobile_content.html/comment-page-1#comment-224913 Chris at LG Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:02:49 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=8215#comment-224913 It's a good idea and makes things standard across media - if films and games get ratings the mobile content should be too. The system must be objective and fair though - the guidelines need careful thinking about or else rushed thinking will create a flawed system that helps nobody. It's a good idea and makes things standard across media – if films and games get ratings the mobile content should be too. The system must be objective and fair though – the guidelines need careful thinking about or else rushed thinking will create a flawed system that helps nobody.

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