Telenor to Launch Child Pornography Filter for Mobile Phones
07 Junio 2005 - 3:47AM
PR Newswire (US)
Telenor to Launch Child Pornography Filter for Mobile Phones OSLO,
Norway, June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- With immediate effect,
Telenor introduces a filter for mobile phones, limiting the access
to websites containing images depicting sexual assaults on
children. Telenor thereby assumes a leading role in the struggle
against the distribution of child pornography, with a special focus
on mobile phones. "3G technology opens new opportunities for mobile
phones. With the advent of new technology, new challenges also
arise, as well as new demands on mobile operators. 3G is no
exception. In principle, users may now connect to any website via
their mobile phones. At Telenor we are very pleased to extend the
scope of the child pornography filter that we introduced for the
Internet in October 2004, to also include mobile phones. In this
way we contribute to address a very serious problem, while also
setting new international standards," said Berit Kjoll, Head of
Telenor's Consumer Market Division. When Telenor and New Kripos,
the Norwegian National Criminal Investigation Service, first
launched the child pornography filter for the Internet, Norway
received a substantial amount of international attention. As far as
Telenor is aware, Telenor Mobil is now the first mobile operator in
the world to also introduce such a filter for mobile phones.
Extending the child porn filter to also include mobile phones is a
natural further step in the right direction. As previously stated
at the Norwegian launch of 3G in December 2004, Telenor remains
committed to pursue Internet security, also in the mobile world.
"Any attempt at accessing a child pornography website that we are
able to prevent means less money to the people responsible for such
sites. And money is perhaps the only language that these people
understand. The statistics we have compiled show that the filter
does have an effect. Since Telenor first introduced the child
pornography filter for the Internet in October 2004, the filter has
registered more than 5,000 hits - every day. This is proof that our
efforts are worthwhile," said Kjoll. How does the filter work?
Based on investigation conducted by Nye Kripos, the filter contains
a blacklist of websites used to distribute child pornography. A
currently updated list of such websites is fed into Telenor's
servers. If a user tries to access a blacklisted website, he or she
will automatically be redirected to another website explaining that
the site the user initially tried to access contains child
pornography. For more information, please contact: Head of
Information Atle Lessum, Tel. +47 415 05 645, DATASOURCE: Telenor
CONTACT: Head of Information - Atle Lessum of Telenor,
+47-415-05-645, Web site: http://www.telenor.com/
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