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Internet Sites Could Be Given ‘Cinema-Style Age Ratings’, Culture Secretary Says — The Telegraph

Internet sites could be given cinema-style age ratings as part of a Government crackdown on offensive and harmful online activity to be launched in the New Year, the Culture Secretary says.

In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Andy Burnham says he believes that new standards of decency need to be applied to the web. He is plotting to negotiate with Barack Obama’s incoming American administration to draw up new international rules for English language websites.

The Cabinet minister describes the internet as “quite a perilous place” and says he wants internet-service providers (ISPs) to offer parents “child-safe” web services.

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