[Op-ed] This is insane – new ISP censors the web with movie-style age limits

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    23 April 2010

    We’re sure their heart is in the right place but a new ISP has given us a real laugh today by launching a movie-style certification system for websites.

    UK-based Tibboh proudly states that it “protects your family with cinema style ratings for the internet developed with the BBFC. Providing all the benefits of the internet whilst minimising the risk for your children.”

    The BBFC is the British Board of Film Classification, the body that decides whether a film can only be watched by over 18s, over 15s etc. With Tibboh, websites are given the same certificates as movies, so children can be blocked from accessing websites that the ISP deems unsuitable for their age.