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New iPhone Features Parental Controls, But ESRB Wants Game Ratings PDF Print E-mail
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Friday, 12 June 2009 00:00

Apple has announced that its new iPhone will feature controls that will give parents the ability to decide what music, videos, and applications their children can access based on ratings, but the ESRB wants Apple to go one step further. ESRB president Patricia Vance is calling on Apple to adopt its game classification system for the iPhone. In a statement to Kotaku, Vance said:

"ESRB ratings empower parents to do their job," said ESRB president Patricia Vance. "Considering the fact that the vast majority of parents are already aware of and regularly using ESRB ratings, Apple's adoption of them for iPhone games seems like a no-brainer. Apple just announced that the parental controls for the new version of the iPhone will block movie and TV content based on their respective ratings. Adding ESRB ratings to the controls they already plan to offer would give parents the ability to exert control over the games their children play as well."

To date, Apple has not responded to ESRB's request.
 
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