An 'opt-in' system, under which access is blocked unless adults specifically say they want to see sexual content, would be a 'sensible' way forward, the shadow ministers for media and justice declared. They say the measure is necessary to prevent children falling victim to a 'modern-day form of pollution'. The Government is resisting the call for an 'opt-in' system, preferring a less stringent 'opt-out' system, whereby users are asked when they set up their internet access whether they wish to have a filter applied.

Children's minister Tim Loughton says parents are helping their children set up under-age profiles on Facebook, a comment that came in a debate on "sexting." Loughton, who has three teens himself, said, "Having a Facebook page, you should be at least 13 to do that. That is not legally enforceable". Labour MP Ann Coffey urged the government and mobile phone companies to do more to combat "sexting" during a Westminster Hall debate. Loughton said the government took "very seriously our responsibility to ensure the response in all areas of child protection and safeguarding is as effective as possible".

It is now the fifth-largest national newspaper website in the UK, says the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Independent.co.uk grew daily unique browsers by 3.4% between February and March to 644,331. Monthly unique browsers grew by 13.33% over the same period to reach 14,528,315. This was enough to put it ahead of Mirror Group Digital, its national website network that includes Mirror.co.uk, 3am.co.uk and MirrorFootball.co.uk, which reported month-on-month declines in monthly and daily browser numbers.

IPA’s TouchPoints4 survey finds that two in five 15-24 year old and one in five older adults in the UK watch TV on the Internet whilst watching another programme on a main TV set. The study into consumer behaviour looked at media consumption, general life activities, attitudes and mood and found second screening is becoming an increasingly popular media habit. Nearly half of all adults and three quarters of 15-24s surf the internet on a laptop whilst watching TV. Mobile phones are also popular second screens with more than half of 15-24 year-olds and more than a quarter of all …

Some 59%of children born since 1995 said their real social life was online, while 48% found the internet more 'fun' than the outside world. Losing access to their favourite sites or their mobile phones would traumatise them more than going without pocket money, new clothes and music or trips to the cinema. The JWT survey questioned 800 children and adults in Britain and the U.S. Half of parents questioned fear their children spend too much time online and 68% wish they would log off and engage more with reality.

Speaking under questioning at the Leveson inquiry into press misconduct, Rupert Murdoch, CEO and founder of News Corp., said, "The day will come when we can't afford trucks and huge [printing] presses and we'll be purely electronic." He spoke about the proliferation of tablets and mobile devices, and underlined that, "We are spending a lot of money trying to -- and succeeding in -- presenting every word of our newspapers on modern tablets." News Corp. has taken a stance against giving content away for free. ... The Times of London can be seen in any corner of the world, so …

Designed and created by McCann London and UM International to support the launch of "Kinect Star Wars" for the Xbox 360, the app aggregates information from users' Facebook and Twitter feeds and makes it resemble the iconic openings of the popular space opera franchise. The new title uses the Xbox 360's motion detecting Kinect hardware to translate players' physical actions into commands. The free app is available now for Windows Phone, iOS and Android devices.

Reported by dailymail.co.uk, users of the micro-blogging service broke the world record for the number of tweets published during a sporting event per second, smashing the previous record held by February 2012s Superbowl climax between the New York Giants and New England Patriots. Activity peaked at an impressive 13,684 messages per second, beating the 12,233 set by the Superbowl and serving to highlight the vast amount of social media content sent to Twitter per second. It also shows the rapid rise of Twitter, as during the 2008 Superbowl, the service peaked at a mere 27 tweets per second.

In the terms and conditions of ticket purchases for the London 2012 Games it states ticket holders cannot publish images, video or sound online. However, Sir Keith Mills, deputy chairman of organisers Locog, said "we live in an internet world... and there's not much we can do about it". He said a "common sense approach" would be used to protect media rights. Spectators will be able to watch many events, including the cycle road race, triathlon and marathon, without a ticket. But the ticket conditions as they currently stand prohibit ticket holders from posting photos and personal footage of the …

As it aims to place digital at the heart of its operations, Johnston Press has revealed a loss of GBP143.8 million, while advertising revenue continued to fall by 9%. The company has said that the substantial loss was due to 'the impairment of the value of publishing titles of GBP163.7m, compared with the charge of GBP13.1m in 2010.' To reflect the move to centre its core offering around digital content in the future, Johnston Press saw digital advertising revenue grow by 0.7%, following the launch of online business listing directory Find it and local voucher website DealMonster.