British Agency Proposes Content Labeling System

摘要

Ofcom, the regulatory agency for the U.K. communications industries, has proposed a universal content tagging system, according to a consultation document on their Web site. Although this is still very much at the preliminary stage, one of the goals of the proposal is to provide a way to label content that might be offensive or inappropriate, ostensibly to protect young people using electronic media. The site says: "Viewers and listeners need to have clear, accurate, and timely information about the nature of content so that they can make informed choices. Our prime concern is to ensure consistency in the presentation of information related to possible harm and offence, in particular to help protect young and vulnerable people from inappropriate material. This advice can be effectively delivered using a content labeling framework. "Ofcom will work with industry players to explore the possibility of creating a common content labeling (information) scheme for electronic audiovisual material," according to their written statement.