Bell charges $5 to block mobile porn

parents can block material they deem inappropriate for their kids. Account holders will have the option of adding a $5 monthly charge to their prepaid or postpaid account to gain access to a dashboard. This will allow them to disallow certain sites, or types of sites, on phones they pay for. This, of course, includes porn, which was the inspiration of this video.

“As use of the internet on mobile phones grows, fuelled by the popularity of smartphones and the fast access speeds delivered by 3G networks, our clients have asked for tools to help them manage access,” said Adel Bazerghi, senior vice-president of products for Bell Mobility, in a statement. “Bell Parental Control offers them content filtering capability on mobile phones for the first time in Canada.”

Hey, if material is intended for people 18 and over, there should be a means to enforce it, right?]]>