Articles tagged with: Teenagers and European Commission

EU calls on mobile operators to continue to improve child safety policies

Half of 10 year-old, 87% of 13 year-old and 95% of 16 year-old children in the EU have a mobile phone, but half of European parents worry mobile phone use might expose their children to sexually and violently explicit images (51%) or bullying by other children (49%), according to a survey. The European Commission has now called on mobile operators to do more to keep children safe while using mobile phones by putting in place all the measures in the voluntary code of conduct, signed by 26 mobile operators in 2007.  more

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Europe to Clamp Down on Ringtone Websites

.. to have found that the vast majority of websites selling mobile content aimed at children and teenagers are misleading them with unclear charges and confusing information. The Commission is expected to announce the results of the survey later  more

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