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UK Govt Wants Film-Style International Website Ratings

"This is not a campaign against free speech" said the UK's Minister for Culture, as he made a call for all websites to carry a film-style parental rating. And for the sites to be taken offline if deemed offensive or violent. These are ...READ»

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Movie Ratings: Running the Numbers

On November 1, 1968, bowing to howls that movies were corrupting youth, the film industry unveiled a voluntary rating system, which told youth what to see to be corrupted. The ratings have evolved (X is now NC-17, though we still say "X" since "triple-NC-17" sounds lame), but kids' desire to sneak into R movies hasn't changed. Here's a look at the system and its stats.READ»