An Internet advisory body based in Singapore has proposed measures allowing parents to monitor what their children are viewing online through their mobile phones amid concerns they could be accessing obscene material, an AFP report said.
The AFP report quoted the National Internet Advisory Committee (NIAC) as saying that telecom operators should provide parents with an option to screen what their increasingly tech-savvy children are viewing on the screens of their mobile phones.
Telecom companies should also provide parents with a list of the Web sites most frequently accessed by their children using their mobile phones, the NIAC said in its annual report.
The committee's report was monitored on the Web site of industry regulator Media Development Authority, the report said.
The report further said there are concerns that the rising popularity of 3G mobile phones would allow children to surf undesirable content online away from their parents' supervision.
Currently, there are over 360,000 3G phone subscribers in Singapore and this figure is increasing.
Market leader SingTel meanwhile welcomed initiatives to protect children from obscene online content, adding it will review the committee's recommendations, the report said.
Group bats for safeguards against obscene content on mobile phones
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