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AnnMumsnet · 31/08/2011 18:06

Mumsnet have been asked to attend a Parliamentary Inquiry (set up by a group of MPs and Peers from all political parties) into online child protection next week and we wanted to know your thoughts on the topic. It is obviously quite a wide header, but the terms of reference are as follows:

"1. To understand better the extent to which children access on-line pornography and the potential for harm that this may cause

  1. To determine what British Internet Service Providers have done to date to protect children online and the extent and possible impact of their future plans in this area
  1. To determine what additional tools parents require to protect children from inappropriate content
  1. To establish the arguments for and against network level filtering of content that would require an 18 rating in other forms of media
  1. To recommend to Government the possible form of regulation required if ISPs fail to meet Recommendation no.5 from the Bailey Review."

Please take a few minutes to complete this short survey. Our focus will be to represent Mumsnetters' (and kids') experiences, broadly responding to points 1 and 3, but there is also space for any other thoughts you may have, and we'll also reference discussions that have already taken place on the site.

NB: Your ISP is the company who sends you the bill for your internet usage at home

It is open to all UK Mumsnetters with at least one child. Everyone who takes part will have our grateful thanks Smile and if you enter your details at the end you will also be entered into a prize draw to win a £50 Amazon voucher and a copy of The Mumsnet Rules.

Thanks and good luck with the prize draw!

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AnnMumsnet · 01/09/2011 12:12

All comments on here are welcome....so thanks for them and thanks for taking the survey so far

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AnnMumsnet · 01/09/2011 18:17

thanks SGB...we do try (very hard!) - it is such a big issue though

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KateMumsnet · 01/09/2011 21:46

Hello PlentyOfPubgardens

Hmm, yes - the terms are sometimes hard to pin down, which doesn't exactly help to clarify one's thoughts...

As far as I can see, there are two different levels of filter which could be termed a 'network filter'.

There's an ISP-level filter, which means that the users of a particular ISP are, en masse and in theory, unable to access specified types of content.

Then there's a 'household network' filter, which only acts on the internet-connected devices in one individual household. So it "sits" on top of your house, and filters the types of content which you've decided you don't want to be accessible from any of the broadband-connected devices in your home (it doesn't work on 3G devices).

As far as I know (may be wrong!), the 'HomeSafe' option from TalkTalk is the only household filter available right now. It can be over-ridden with a password, and according to the ISP, doesn't slow down either the household network, or the ISP's network as a whole, which is one of the key criticisms of other forms of filtering.

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AnnMumsnet · 08/09/2011 10:39

Thanks to everyone who took part, lubeybooby was selected as the winner and gets £50 Amazon voucher + MN Rules book.

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