OII - Child Protection and Freedom of Speech Online: Report
(OII)
The interests of advocates of online child protection and freedom of
expression have often been portrayed as diametrically opposed. The OII
invited advocates on both sides of this debate to meet in October 2009, in
order to open channels of communication, explore different perspectives on
the fundamental rights of protection and freedom, and map areas of agreement
and difference. A
report of the discussions, including participant position
papers, is now available. Issues discussed at the forum included content blocking and filtering, government legislation and law enforcement, and parental involvement and
education. There was also discussion of location-based services, data
protection and privacy, liability of Internet Service Providers, age
verification online, lawful interception legislation, appropriate
classification of written content and pseudo-images of sexual abuse, and
encryption.
Labels: Content_Regulation, Protection_of_minors