Tag: bbfc
Netflix adds BBFC ratings to all content
Netflix is to become the first streaming service in the UK to carry a BBFC age rating on all TV seasons and feature films, helping families to choose appropriate content. […]
Plans for online pornography age checks dropped
Age verification measures designed to prevent children from accessing online pornography have been dropped, the Government has announced. Under the scrapped plans, people would have to prove their age in […]
7 year olds have seen porn online, BBFC survey reveals
Children as young as seven and eight have stumbled across porn online, according to a survey by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). More than half of children barely […]
Porn age verification checks delayed once again
Age verification measures on porn websites have been delayed once again, the Government has confirmed. The tighter controls designed to protect young people from adult content online were due to […]
Online age verification tools for porn sites come into force in July
Age verification tools required on porn sites to prevent underage internet users seeing explicit content will be introduced in July. The measures, the first of their kind anywhere in the […]
Online music videos to get age rating in UK
In further proof that he has absolutely no understanding of how the internet works, UK prime minister David Cameron has announced that music videos on YouTube and other websites will […]
PEGI takes control of game classifications
With all of the hullabaloo (yeah I said hullabaloo, big whoop, wanna fight about it?) that surrounded yesterday’s Digital Britain report, you may have missed the announcement that PEGI is going to be the sole gaming classification body in the UK, leaving the BBFC out in the cold.
The BBFC have, in the past, accused PEGI of being “just a couple of blokes” and have pulled a bit of a strop over the announcement. “The BBFC has always supported PEGI and wished it well,” they said. “But it continues to believe that it satisfies these requirements better than PEGI.”
What this means for consumers is that games will now display the PEGI logos that indicate a game’s specific content – such as that of a spider for fear, a fist for violence and a hypodermic needle for diabetic friendly titles. Not really – the needle represents a drugs theme, silly.
The symbols will accompanied by an age-classification of 3,7,12,16 and 18, which are legally enforceable – if you ain’t old enough you ain’t getting in, simple.
The PEGI system is Europe-wide and is self regulated by the publishers themselves.
(via The Telegraph)
Manhunt 2 finally sees UK release
Banned videogame Manhunt 2 looks like it’s finally going to see a UK release, more than a year after it was released in the USA, on October 31st. A successful appeal to the BBFC, and many modifications to the game, have finally gained it an 18 rating, meaning that it can be released…
BBFC says PEGI is just "a couple of blokes"
In the wake of the Byron Review, tension is beginning to simmer beneath the surface of the normally peaceable games ratings industry. Dr Tanya Byron’s recommendations put the UK ratings board, the BBFC, in a strong position to take on more responsibility (and work, and pay cheques presumably) but its rival, PEGI, is not out of the running yet. Big names in the industry like EA and Microsoft have come down in favour of the European-wide PEGI service.
Storm brewing over Byron's plans for UK games ratings system
Games publishing giant Electronic Arts has hit out against plans to introduce mandatory cinema-style ratings on UK video games.
