Campaign group Safermedia is
urging people to email Culture Minister Ed Vaizey to express their
support for tighter controls on internet pornography.
Mr Vaizey was due to meet British internet service providers on Monday
to discuss the possibility of voluntary and age verifiable ‘opt-in’
filters that would give parents the ability to switch the default
setting for internet pornography in their homes to ‘off’, effectively
blocking it at source.
The opt-in filters are the suggestion of Claire Perry MP, who has
called for the internet to be subject to the same kinds of regulations
as television viewing, cinema releases, and the display of men’s
magazines in newsagents.
The filters would make it easier for parents to safeguard their
children from inappropriate adult content by enabling them to monitor
and control what comes into their homes via the internet.
According to Safermedia, the office of Mr Vaizey has already received
more than 800 emails in support of the filters but it wants even more
emails to be sent to show the level of concern about internet
pornography.
Miranda Suit and Pippa Smith, founders of Safermedia, said: “This is
such an important development and we do need to let Mr Vaizey know he
has public support behind him as he seeks to help parents protect their
children better from easily accessible and ever more extreme
pornography.”
An email template is available to send on the Safermedia website at: www.mediamarch.org.uk/e-campaign.htm