FCC Wants Children Shielded from Cellphone Smut

U.S. communications regulators are turning their sights on protecting children from indecency on mobile telephones after cracking down on television and radio stations for indecent antics, reports The Washington Post.

"The wireless industry should mount an education campaign so parents know how they can shield their children from adult content as more and more have mobile phones, John Muleta, head of the Federal Communications Commission's wireless bureau, said in a letter released on Tuesday."

He urged the wireless industry association, CTIA, to tell parents what services their children's mobile phones can access and that they can if they want to block pay-per-call voice services and Internet access."

Muleta also asked the industry to review whether it should change its code of conduct to address adult material. "

Click here to find out how other countries are planning on filtering mobile content. and today's AP article reporting back from 3GSM, "Cellular Companies Aim to Cut Phone Porn".

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