Politicians are ready to introduce league tables naming and shaming the speed with which internet service providers take down offensive material.The culture minister, Barbara Follett, and her Tory shadow, Ed Vaizey, have backed the idea that web providers must be embarrassed into dealing with violent, sexually explicit web content.Follett said she wants to see the pre-screening of material on sites such as YouTube, as occurs at present on MySpace. She admitted there was growing chaos out there on the internet, and order needed to be brought.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/nov/15/internet-children
UK Web providers to be named and shamed over offensive content
Politicians are ready to introduce league tables naming and shaming the speed with which internet service providers take down offensive material.