SIP-Benchmark II - results of the third test cycle are published

Results from the third benchmarking cycle released on February, 14, 2012 show that parental control tools still are more effective at blocking adult content and other harmful content and less efficient at filtering content related to racism and self-harm (sites promoting anorexia, suicide or self-mutilation). In general most of the tools do not work well at filtering user generated content on the internet - while they can block access to things like social networks and streaming services, only very few tools are able to filter contacts in applications such as Skype and MSN. Comparing the fresh results with those from previous cycles improvements regards usability for some products and a trend to tools working on different platforms and devices can be stated.

The SIP Bench II - Benchmarking of parental control tools for the online protection of children project is funded under the Safer Internet Programme. The current project is run by a corsortium of INNOVA, Brussels, Stiftung Digitale Chancen, Berlin and Cybion, Rome until December 2012. The results of the third test cycle are to be found here.

Call for volunteers in February 2012

We are looking for users who are interested to get the license for one parental control tool for free, test its usage and fill in a short questionnaire on how it worked out on their home Pc. The tests shall be carried out in February 2012. If you are interested to take part please register at http://www.yprt.eu/sip/survey.