The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) isn’t proposing a...
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) isn’t proposing a rating system for the Internet, a spokeswoman told us Tues. In its 2005 annual plan, Dir. David Cooke said the BBFC is looking into “the implications of the growth…
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of new media for our system of regulation.” No one, he said, “should assume that [inappropriate] material will be confined to established platforms such as film and DVD.” The board suggested a system like its film classifications, and invited the govt. to consider the issues. On Mon., The Times reported the BBFC was suggesting it provide the first Internet content ratings. But the board spokeswoman said the issue is film content, “mainly video on demand (VoD) which is still very much in its infancy.” In the U.K., DVDs must be classified by the BBFC, “and we are saying that when VoD becomes more widespread and more whole films are downloaded, there should be some labeling system which allows people to know what the content is and, therefore, avoid what they do not wish to see, and ensure that their children are not watching inappropriate films.” Privacy International Dir. Simon Davies was quoted as saying the board’s idea sounds “like the most stupid intervention since the registration of fax machines and photocopiers in communist China.”