Mobile phone companies to filter web content for minors

Mobage town, a social network and gaming site for mobile phones, is now in deep crisis.
From December 10th, the Japanese government has requested mobiles phone companies to filter web content for minors. The filtering policy is very strict. It prohibits minors from accessing web sites in 'communication' criterion. 'communication' means all web sites with forum, chat, comment, or social network feature. So, Mobage falls into that criterion.
50% of Mobage users are minors. It will hurt DeNA, the operator of Mobage. Nomura securities, Japan's leading stockbroker, downgraded DeNA's rating. DeNA's stock price fell 30 percent.
Nobuo Sakiyama, a social activist, criticized the fact that mobile phone companies are filtering web sites with gay and lesbian, political or religional topics.
See Also: (in English)
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http://pimpinturtle.com/2007/12/29/japanese-government-to-censor-internet.aspx I’m A Pimpin Turtle…
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http://www.nilab.info/cheapjap/000868.html i am a cheap jap!
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http://es.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/02/13/japon-economia-de-la-descarga-%e2%80%9cilegal%e2%80%9d/ Global Voices en Español
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http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/07/japan-major-parties-cooperate-to-legislate-regulation-of-harmful-internet-content/ Global Voices Online
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http://463.blogs.com/the_463/2008/04/global-voices-j.html The 463: Inside Tech Policy
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http://live.advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/07/japan-major-parties-cooperate-to-legislate-regulation-of-harmful-internet-content/ Global Voices Advocacy
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http://zh.globalvoicesonline.org/hans/2008/04/22/1057/ Global Voices 全球之声
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http://stage.advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/07/japan-major-parties-cooperate-to-legislate-regulation-of-harmful-internet-content/ Global Voices Advocacy
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http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/02/04/japan-bloggers-respond-to-new-filtering-measures/ Global Voices Online » Japan: Bloggers respond to new filtering measures
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http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2009/02/05/japan-bloggers-respond-to-new-filtering-measures/ Global Voices Advocacy » Japan: Bloggers respond to new filtering measures
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http://id.globalvoicesonline.org/2009/02/69/ Global Voices dalam bahasa Indonesia » Jepang: Blogger Tanggapi Tindakan Penyaringan
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http://it.globalvoicesonline.org/2009/02/giappone-le-reazioni-dei-blogger-ai-nuovi-sistemi-di-filtraggio-web-sui-cellulari-dei-minorenni/ Global Voices in Italiano » Giappone: le reazioni dei blogger ai nuovi sistemi di filtraggio-web sui cellulari dei minorenni




