It seems that RIM might be in trouble as it has
a meeting scheduled in with Ofcom regarding the
possibility of children being able to access adult
content via the maker's handset.
As a quick reminder, mobile operators currently filter content
as a part of the voluntary code of conduct - but lest we forget
BlackBerries' services are based on RIM's own servers, this means
that basic filters don't really work.
Ofcom said that RIM did not have anything to worry about seen as
there were no consumer complaints, however a meeting was set up to
discuss ways how to make sure children were protected when using
the handset.
The tech firm was quick to underline that operators could always
opt for using BlackBerry's own content filtering feature, although
T-Mobile was the only network which enabled it.
According to a statement that RIM issued, the filtering support
function was available to the company's partners free of
charge.
However, websites of various mobile operators stated different
reasons as to why they didn't apply content filtering on
BlackBerries - some said that it "applied its own
settings" other said it had no content blocking as yet.
RIM added that it would look into adding integrated
content filtering features into its future models.