12-23-2007, 04:37 PM
Quote:NEW restrictions on online chatrooms, websites and mobile phone content will be introduced within a month to stop children viewing unsuitable material.
From January 20 new laws will be in effect, imposing tougher rules for companies that sell entertainment-related content on subscription internet sites and mobile phones...
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) will be able to force content providers to take down offensive material and issue notices for live content to be stopped and links to the content deleted...
Providers of live services, such as chatrooms, must have their service professionally assessed to determine whether its "likely content" should be restricted...
full article: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0...61,00.html