RIM is focusing on introducing brand new parental manage features that will assist to keep track of children’s utilization of smartphones.
RIM stated the features can give parents a chance to control as well as restrict children’s utilization of various providers and programs on Blackberry smartphones.
It plans to supply integrated parental manage features within future variations of it’s BlackBerry 7 OS to be able to allow parents to manage various settings on the child’s smartphone such as the browser, texting and use of social social networking sites.
BlackBerry App World 3.1 will now provide content score and filtering choices for applications in line with the CTIA Wireless Association’s “Guidelines for App Content Classification and Ratings”. This function enables parents to create a score filter within BlackBerry App World in order to restrict content material of specific ratings through being shown or bought.
The proceed comes since it reiterated it’s policy to safeguard children through accessing porn on cell phones after conference Telecom regulator Ofcom to discuss issues with the BlackBerry porn filter.
Ofcom said the issue seemed to be that telephone operators cannot apply filter systems to mobile phone models, which means individuals who should not really view limited material can perform so.
The spokesman with regard to RIM stated:
‘RIM is committed to child protection and is an active member of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).
‘Access to IWF URLs are blocked on BlackBerry in the UK and this is being put in place in the international markets in which BlackBerry is available.
‘In addition, as a provider to mobile operators, RIM fully supports its operator partners around the world in meeting obligations and commitments in this important area.
‘Content filtering support is available to operators from RIM that enables the operator to perform the content filtering function for BlackBerry smartphones.
‘It is offered to our operator partners without charge. Operator partners around the world have implemented content filtering, including operator partners in the UK. Any reference to content filtering having been turned off is inaccurate. RIM continues to work with its operator partners to enhance content filtering for BlackBerry smartphone users.’