The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is urging European regulators to ensure vulnerable children have zero-rate access to their services, even if they have no data allowance on their mobile. A new report by the NSPCC found that more than half a million British youngsters are being denied vital information about how much internet use and mobile phone bills will cost them in future. O2 is leading the effort to offer free online access to Childline as they already provide zero-rate access to the NSPCC's services for their customers. The charity is also in talks with TalkTalk, Vodafone, EE, BT, Three, Sky, and Virgin on delivering 'zero-ratings' for the website.
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is urging European regulators to ensure vulnerable children have zero-rate access to their services, even if they have no data allowance on their mobile. Current regulations, set to be finalised at the end of this month, do not allow this. O2 is leading the effort to offer free online access to Childline as they already provide zero-rate access to the NSPCC's services for their customers. The charity is also in talks with TalkTalk, Vodafone, EE, BT, Three, Sky, and Virgin on delivering 'zero-ratings' for the website.