The British government plans to introduce a new guidance rating system for video games and a code of practice for social networking Web sites to help protect...

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It proposes ways in which these groups can address and manage the potential risks children face while using the Internet and playing video games. It stresses the similarities between caring for children in the offline and online worlds, and...
London, March 27: Britain plans to rate all Internet and video games with cinema-style age classifications and they will have to carry clear and prominent details, like health warnings on cigarettes, so that they can be understood by parents who...
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In fact, Dr.Byron was commissioned last year by Prime Minister Gordon Brown due to growing concerns that new forms of electronic entertainment may be harming the development of children’s moral value systems. There are many video games which...
The moves follow a six-month review commissioned by Prime Minister Gordon Brown and conducted by psychologist Dr Tanya Byron. Her report, "Safer Children in a Digital World," is backed by both the Children, Schools and Families (CSF) and the...