Telenor to Launch Child Pornography Filter for Mobile Phones

Telenor to Launch Child Pornography Filter for Mobile Phones



OSLO, Norway, June 7  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- With immediate effect, Telenor
introduces a filter for mobile phones, limiting the access to websites
containing images depicting sexual assaults on children. Telenor thereby
assumes a leading role in the struggle against the distribution of child
pornography, with a special focus on mobile phones.

"3G technology opens new opportunities for mobile phones. With the advent of
new technology, new challenges also arise, as well as new demands on mobile
operators. 3G is no exception. In principle, users may now connect to any
website via their mobile phones. At Telenor we are very pleased to extend the
scope of the child pornography filter that we introduced for the Internet in
October 2004, to also include mobile phones. In this way we contribute to
address a very serious problem, while also setting new international
standards," said Berit Kjoll, Head of Telenor's Consumer Market Division.

When Telenor and New Kripos, the Norwegian National Criminal Investigation
Service, first launched the child pornography filter for the Internet, Norway
received a substantial amount of international attention. As far as Telenor is
aware, Telenor Mobil is now the first mobile operator in the world to also
introduce such a filter for mobile phones. Extending the child porn filter to
also include mobile phones is a natural further step in the right direction. As
previously stated at the Norwegian launch of 3G in December 2004, Telenor
remains committed to pursue Internet security, also in the mobile world.

"Any attempt at accessing a child pornography website that we are able to
prevent means less money to the people responsible for such sites. And money is
perhaps the only language that these people understand. The statistics we have
compiled show that the filter does have an effect. Since Telenor first
introduced the child pornography filter for the Internet in October 2004, the
filter has registered more than 5,000 hits - every day. This is proof that our
efforts are worthwhile," said Kjoll.

How does the filter work?

Based on investigation conducted by Nye Kripos, the filter contains a blacklist
of websites used to distribute child pornography. A currently updated list of
such websites is fed into Telenor's servers. If a user tries to access a
blacklisted website, he or she will automatically be redirected to another
website explaining that the site the user initially tried to access contains
child pornography.

  For more information, please contact:
   Head of Information Atle Lessum, Tel. [phone],
    

DATASOURCE: Telenor



CONTACT:  Head of Information - Atle Lessum of Telenor, [phone],





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