Child online safety plans unveiled by Brussels

[JMH]

The European Commission is considering setting up an age-based authentication system that limits where children can visit online.

The system is part of a series of proposals Brussels has put forward to make the net safer for children.

It says children are in danger of finding inappropriate material because ways to control where they can go are "fragmented"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17952259#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

 

[zigzag3143]

Interesting article thanks

 

[Trouble]

I had the opportunity to read a similar article reference a push by the European Union towards an Electronic ID card. I'm often concerned that while such things seem all well and good on their face, who doesn't want to protect children, it seems a slippery slope model regarding personal privacy matters. Seems the future potential employers and or law enforcement representatives might just need to plug in your e-ID number to their computer and up comes everything you've ever said, done or thought on-line.
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/regulat...tity-plan-to-be-unveiled-this-month-40155152/
Probably just my paranoia but to quote Mr. Franklin again “Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security”.
Maybe parents should protect their children from the evil internet and let government do some of the things that it is suppose to do.

 

[JMH]

Maybe parents should protect their children from the evil internet and let government do some of the things that it is suppose to do.

Exactly!
Oh that it were so easy.