Another hat tip to podnosh blog<\/a> for another “educational” scoop, yet again proving the Charity Commission to be out of touch with the reality of learning<\/a>. You do have to stop and think when you read a quote from a nine-year old boy in Tanya\u2019s report about whether we are sufficiently controlling this online world in which our children are roaming. It\u2019s funny but it does make a very important point. He said: \u201cI\u2019m worried I\u2019ll get lost on the internet and find I\u2019ve suddenly got a job in the army or something.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n [Vegemite – not a patch on Marmite, btw] (Maybe, when he was child, he was too scared of the video to post slices of toast through the VHS cassette orifice.)<\/p>\n [The Village bakery – Polski chleb\/Polish bread] So it’s not surprising that he doesn’t know that nothing boosts a site’s attractiveness to teenagers like over-18 content ratings.
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\n(Podnosh seems unselfishly willing to read the most turgid official publications or the FT, so the rest of us don’t have to. And to put the crucial bots of the content online, entertainingly)
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\nThe UK Culture Secretary, Andy Burnham, is more familiar with the internet than the Charity Commission are. However, in many ways, that’s a pity, because he sees the web as yet another opportunity to control the manifestations of “culture.” He thinks the internet is out of control so web sites should be subject to controls similar to those applying to broadcast media.
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\nHe told the Financial Times that there is a need to stop product placement on the internet<\/strong> and to put sex\/violence ratings on content in You-tube videos.
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\nAs if these aren’t either ludicrous (suggestion 1) or heinous (suggestion 2) enough, he used the “governance” word….
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\n….And he showed his sense of humour is at a culturally-dangerous low level, when he reported a child’s joke and completely missed the comedy.
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\nHe said “It made me laugh and I\u2019m glad it made you laugh too but I think it makes an important point” which was that children really are worried about the internet….. I kid you not.<\/p>\n
\nThe wit of a primary school kid goes over the Culture Secretary’s head. He assumes the kid’s in genuine fear at some level, because he doesn’t really understand the nature of a “joke.” (This is the Culture<\/strong> Secretary, remember.)<\/p>\n
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