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Bango launches 'mobile barring' service to protect under 18s from accessing adult content
Parents can now bar their children's mobile phones from accessing adult content using a new service available from Bango.net. Simply by texting go bar to the number 89080, they can prevent the user of that phone from accessing adult pictures and videos or violent games, according to Moco News. The Bango service uniquely identifies each user coming to its system so any phones barred from accessing unsuitable content will be prevented from doing so. According to New Media Zero, the mobile network operators are all said to be working on plans to introduce such systems, with O2 and Vodafone having publicly outlined their strategies, but none has yet been launched. The adult content industry on mobile looks set to explode in the next three years. A report from the IT research company Visiongain forecasts that profits from adult content transmitted to mobile phones will reach an annual £4 billion by 2006, out of a total annual adult market of £70 billion. Elsewhere... from Ireland Another technology company, Telcotec, has launched a product, The Content Guardian, designed to protect 2.5G and 3G mobile phone users from unsolicited and pornographic content. Acting as a content filter, it enables operators to block pornographic images and a limited amount of spam. |
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