SO Internet, a Kidderminster based UK ISP and specialist in content filtering, has perhaps unsurprisingly given its full backing to government calls for internet service providers to make it easier for parents to censor adult and age restricted content (e.g. websites).


Several major internet service providers including BT , Sky Broadband , Virgin Media and TalkTalk are working with the government to thrash out a new Industry Code of Conduct. In relation to this a Parliamentary Advisory Forum hosted by Claire Perry, the MP for Devizes, met recently to discuss the issue of Online Parental Controls.



Nicholas Lansman, Secretary General for the UK Internet Service Providers Association ( ISPA ), welcomed the Minister’s comments. He acknowledged that more can be done but emphasised "that protecting children’s welfare online was a shared responsibility between; parents who need to be actively responsible for the safety of their children and take an ongoing interest in their use of the internet and ISPs who should provide them with effective parental control software."

The government has since put its weight behind an independent review, which outlined a range of proposals for solving the problem (here). The review stopped short of recommending a mandatory ISP filter for related online content, but it warned that regulation should be imposed if, after 18 months, progress was still "insufficient".

UPDATE 08:30am

Added a comment from the ISPA.