Monday, April 24, 2006

India, Bangalore Under 14? No entry into cyber cafes

Times of India, BANGALORE edition reports :

If the Karnataka government has its way, no child below the age of 14 years will be allowed into a cyber cafe unless accompanied by an adult.

To regulate the harmful influence of internet on children, the law department is in the process of framing rules and regulations for lakhs of internet browsing centres. "Not just cyber cafes but any other establishment which provides computer services to the general public for a cost will come under the ambit of the proposed law. The rules are before the scrutiny department of the government," official sources told The Times of India.

Read http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1491771.cms

Students are the largest group floking ot cybr cafes in Bangalore. It wont be easy to monitor only adding to selective harrasment to small cafe entreprenuers. An easy way would have been to install Internet filters at the ISP level .


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