[Chapter-delegates] EU Communication on Online Gambling

[Staffan Jonson]

Great frederic!
Thank You for this.

Especially the suggestion to "block access to unauthorised gambling websites" was recently thrown out of Swedish parliament, due to a similar intiative a couple of years ago. This initiative was of course due to State-owned monopolies' inability to take percentage from revenues on gambling, and to tax that part of the economy.

The more general issue, i.e. state-initiated blocking of Internet content in any form, is of course really worrysome.

Staffan Jonson

Senior Policy Adviser,
.SE (The Internet Infrastructure Foundation)
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6 nov 2012 kl. 19:36 skrev Frederic Donck:

Dear All

I wanted to draw your attention to the recent Communication adopted by the EU Commission ‘Towards a comprehensive European framework for online gambling’, which follows an earlier Green Paper and stakeholder consultation on this issue.

The accompanying Working Paper (attached below) includes references to ISPs being compelled by national regulators to
- block access to unauthorised gambling websites (pp.60-61)
- install parental control software to prevent gambling by minors (pp.74-75)

Among other actions, the Commission proposes to facilitate greater cooperation between national regulators and to develop a Recommendation to the Member States in 2013 on common minimum protection of consumers, which will include age verification.

Best Regards
Frederic

Frederic Donck
Director European Regional Bureau
Internet Society

www.isoc.org<http://www.isoc.org/>



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