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UK official pushes Hollywood-style ratings for web sites

A British government official has said he intends to work with the incoming Obama administration to establish a rating system for English-language Web sites, much like the "G, PG, etc." rating system currently used to categorize movies. Reactions have been mixed, and even those who support the idea wonder about the best way to go about enforcing it.

30 Dec 2008

Ever since she found out her niece was reading her Web site, Jen Singer began making sure the majority of her content was G-rated -- appropriate for a general audience.

"Even though MommaSaid.net is a Web site for mothers, it appears that it's popular with quite a few tween girls, too," she told the E-Commerce Times. "Besides, some moms read and watch videos with a kid or two in their laps, and I don't want to make their lives any more complicated than they already are."

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