Internet movies set for 18 style ratings

All web videos could soon get age ratings under new government plans

Sue Clark, a spokeswoman for the British Board of Film Classification, said: “We don't want to go down the route of cutting and banning things and blocking sites.

“But a lot of the content that's out there on the internet is not something the majority of people would want to view.

"If there's some sort of standardised labelling system that people understand, then they know that it's material they can trust."

The proposals would see web videos rated for language, violence, sex and themes in the same way as films, videos and DVDs.

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The Guardian, Wed 21 Jun 2006 at 1:54pm

 

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