U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor is prodding the Federal Communications Commission to do more to help parents block scenes and language inappropriate for children from TVs and computers.

The Pryor-sponsored Child Safe Viewing Act is headed to President Bush’s desk after the Senate gave final congressional approval to the measure.

It requires the FCC to continuously review and implement blocking technology as it is developed, something Pryor says the agency has failed to do since Congress in 1996 required television manufacturers to embed the V-Chip in televisions to allow parents to filter some content according to a rating system.

The senator says parents today want more help in blocking an increasing amount of sexual scenes and violence shown on more than 500 TV channels and video streaming over the Internet.

“Today’s technology to protect children from indecency goes above and beyond the capabilities of the V-Chip,” according to Pryor. “It’s time for the FCC to take a fresh look at how the market can empower parents with more tools to choose appropriate programming for their children. This bill is a pragmatic, sensible approach where parents, kids and technology can all benefit.”

Tags: Child Safe Viewing Act, Mark Pryor

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