Israel Issues Policy To Restrict Porn On Mobile Phones
 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's Communications Ministry said Sunday it amended licenses for mobile phone operators to restrict access to pornographic services following complaints that too many children were exposed to erotic material.

The ministry said in a statement that it would restrict the transmission of porn through video clips and movies on cell phones that use high-speed third-generation networks.

Adults would still be allowed to access the services by entering a code and only after being identified as an adult, the ministry said.

Communications Minister Ehud Olmert said he wanted to expand the restrictions to long-distance telecommunications providers.

Israel has four mobile phone operators: Cellcom, Partner, Pelephone -- owned by Bezeq Israel Telecom -- and Mirs, owned by Motorola and Ampal-American Israel Corp..

The operators combined have nearly 7 million Israeli subscribers -- many of them children and teenagers.

Olmert decided to take action after receiving complaints about the exposure of minors to erotic and pornographic material, and following hearings with the mobile providers and Bezeq.

Let's see how the code thing works.
If it can be implemented on a small scale scenario like in Israel, then I think it's a good idea.
That way, no Bible thumping crazies can come crying :2 cents:

Shalom!!!!!!!!!!

I thought jewish people liked money? :)

This is just a short term solution.. It will fall apart just like the walled garden approach on the PC. Think AOL.

The phone companies can only really control data on their own sites, and once mobile porn starts becoming prevalent there is no way they can block it all. (Nor do they really want to, this is just a nice show to appease people)


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Should people be exposed to a picture of a 1 square inch vagina on their cells anyway?

Yeah probably - it looks tighter...

you guys get it all wrong

it's not porn on the cell phone itslef


we have the sms billing/cell phone billing thing going really strong here...basicly tons of teens are using their phones to access all kind of local porn/webcam sites...like a dialer

so there was a lot of pressure to stop it...that's about all