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Website age ratings 'an option'
Andy Burnham says people need help navigating the internet
Film-style age ratings could be applied to websites to protect children from harmful and offensive material, Culture Secretary Andy Burnham has said.
Mr Burnham told the Daily Telegraph the government was looking at a number of possible new internet safeguards.
He said some content, such as clips of beheadings, was unacceptable and new standards of decency were needed.
He also plans to negotiate with the US on drawing up international rules for English language websites.
Mr Burnham, a father of three young children, believes internet-service providers should offer child-friendly web access.
'Public interest'
"Leaving your child for two hours completely unregulated on the internet is not something you can do," he told the Telegraph.
This is not a campaign against free speech... it is simply there is a wider public interest at stake 
Andy Burnham, Culture Secretary
"This isn't about turning back the clock. The internet has been empowering and democratising in many ways, but we haven't yet got the stakes in the ground to help people navigate their way safely around it."
He went on to say it was time to review the accessibility of certain content on the internet and insisted he was not trying to curb free speech.
His plans are likely to anger those who advocate the freedom of the worldwide web.
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