Controlling "bad content" for mobile devices: Joi Ito on Japan

Japan is aiming to control "bad content" on mobile phones, according to Joi Ito:

there is a move on the part of the Japanese government to provide content filtering to "protect youth" from "bad content". The Net is trying to fight this sort of filtering system that would regulate content on the Internet. In the mean time, the government quickly forced mobile carriers to implement a content filter for minors which is now in place in Japan. A mobile Internet is much easier for governments to regulate and control and make "safe" against the bad guys as well as small annoying startups and disrupters.

Has anyone seen more discussion of this?
(via BoingBoing)

Comments

[Internet Blocker]

I haven't heard any other discussion on the topic, but it does seem like the next step in internet filtering. It's only a matter of time before everybody gets savvy to the fact that people want the internet all the time. Then we will be facing the same privacy and security issues we do on the regular internet.