Microsoft congratulates Byron report
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=185578
Neil Thompson, Microsoft's Senior Regional Director, E&DD, UK & Ireland, has congratulated Dr. Byron's government-commissioned report into young people's access to inappropriate videogames, calling the review "timely and valuable".
"We would like to congratulate Dr Byron on the way she has run this consultation process and have been keen to fully engage with her Review team. Her report has brought further focus to this important issue," he said in a statement sent to CVG.
"This is a timely and valuable report on what we believe is a key issue, ensuring that parents, Government, NGOs and the Industry continue to work in partnership to make sure that our children are safe as is possible online and only viewing appropriate content online or when playing video games."
The report, which you can download in full from CVG here, recommends a new 12 rating for games be introduced along with a 'gold standard' of parental controls in game consoles - similar to the parental timer feature introduced on Xbox 360 recently.
"For our part, Microsoft is committed to producing parental control technology to allow parents to make decisions about what content they want their children to view - online or when playing video games," added Thompson.
"We look forward to continuing to work closely with all concerned to address these issues in the future."
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