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<p>This Government continues to prioritise actions to improve children's safety online.
Under the auspices of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS), Government
meets key partners on a quarterly basis to drive and oversee progress.</p><p> </p><p>In
the Autumn, Ofcom will report on progress made by BT, Sky, Talk Talk and Virgin to
roll-out family friendly filters. These four ISPs provide internet services to around
90% of the UK's fixed-line customers. Ofcom has already delivered three reports on
progress in this area, and will be delivering a final report later this year. Whilst
we await Ofcom's findings, we understand from the ISPs that collectively, over 95%
of customers have now made an active choice on filters, or had filters applied to
their accounts.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that around 90% of public wifi is provided
by six providers, all of whom apply filters which block adult content and illegal
child sexual abuse material by default in areas that children are likely to be unsupervised
by a parent. The recently-established UKCCIS Filters Group, which evolved out of a
previous group dedicated to overblocking, will keep Government informed as to progress
in this area, and is continuing to look into ways to address concerns about over-blocking.</p>
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