Tag: British Board of Film Classification
Tech firms should have ‘duty of care’ imposed on them, says House of Lords committee
Technology companies are “failing” to regulate themselves, a new report by a House of Lords committee says. The Communications Committee believes a new central authority to co-ordinate regulators and protect the public online should be formed. Its report – Regulating in a Digital World – recommends the creation of a new Digital Authority to oversee…
Opinion: Why Gordon Brown, Dr Tanya Byron and the Nanny State should stay out of technology
When does a Government go too far in a bid to protect its citizens? When it locks people up without a charge? When it bans people from taking to the streets and puts them under curfew? Or when it employs a TV presenter to look at how the Internet and computer games are harming the nation’s youngsters?
This week it’s been announced Dr Tanya Byron – star of such TV greats as House of Tiny Tearaways – is to preside over a review of what effect the web and console adventures are having on kids across Britain. And I for one find it not only laughable, but downright disgusting that Gordon Brown and his cohorts think they have the right to interfere in our lives which such a pointless exercise…
