One of the new features of iOS 6 is the availability of parental controls in iBooks. If you turn this feature on, books labeled as containing sexually explicit content will NOT be available for buying, reading or downloading.
How to enable parental control in iBooks and Book Store:
- If you have not already, enable Restrictions (or parental controls) by tapping Settings > General > Restriction. Then enter a passcode. Please see this article for more information on parental controls on iOS devices.
- Tap Settings > General > Restrictions > Books on your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch
- Toggle Explicit Sexual Content off
Once you do this, you will enable the following for books that have sexually explicit content:
- Buy/download/sample buttons will be not active
- Book images will not shown (they have usually explicit images)
- Detail page will say this message: “This book contains explicit sexual content”
If you are an adult and you want to download a blocked book, then you will need to disable this parental restriction.
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October 20, 2012 at 3:11 PM
If you are looking for complete parental control for the iPhone/iPad, consider FREE McGruff SafeGuard.
You might remember McGruff “The Crime Dog” – Take A Bite Out of Crime – from your own childhood.
They also provide have a Windows Parental Control system: (http://www.GoMcGruff.com).
McGruff SafeGuard provides a Child Safe Browser app that is a look-alike for Safari, and offers a parent with complete control of the categories of websites that a child can visit.
It also sends a summary of activity to the parent via email.
Check out http://www.GoMcGruff.com/browser