Food firms accused of bypassing ad rules, government summit to tackle child porn online, and a code of ethics for social workers, all in the news today.

The World Health Organisation has accused food manufacturers of trying to bypass rules designed to prevent the advertising of unhealthy products to children. The Guardian says that the UN health agency wants European countries to introduce tighter rules on the marketing of food and drink with high levels of fat, salt or sugar.

Tech giants including Google, Yahoo! and Facebook are to meet with culture secretary Maria Miller today to discuss ways to prevent people accessing child porn online. BBC News says the government wants internet firms to do more to stop people accessing images of child sexual abuse and to prevent children from viewing legal adult porn online.

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