Noted on Bollox Britain provided by http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ Photographer prosecuted for fairy ‘child porn’ – Yorkshire Post: “Photographer prosecuted for fairy ‘child porn’ A ‘NAIVE’ photographer employed by parents to take pictures of their young daughters…
Feds push child-porn cases; penalty can be years in prison – San Jose Mercury News: “Feds push child-porn cases; penalty can be years in prison By Howard Mintz, Mercury News Article Launched: 08/24/2008 01:34:28 AM…
Social network sites ‘flout their own ban on underage users’: “Hundreds of thousands of children aged between 8 and 12 are using Facebook, Bebo and other social networking sites in clear breach of their age-restriction…
AU – New Filter Test by Australian Government Shows Filter Effectiveness: “(Filtering Facts) The Australian Communications and Media Authority released a report on Closed environment testing of ISP-level internet content filtering. This report presents the…
Web firms should screen content, says Parliamentary committee: “Websites which accept user-generated content should do more to screen out content that might be harmful to the public, a Parliamentary committee has warned. Sites should also…
Index on Censorship » Fools rush in where programmers fear to tread A select committee has called for more regulation and greater safety on the Internet. But politicians should be careful what they wish for,…
Police warn of online chat danger: “Police warn teenagers about the dangers of chatting to strangers online after a 15-year-old girl went missing.” (Via BBC News.)
Video websites ‘must vet content’: “Online firms including YouTube need to do more to protect children from the ‘dark side’ of the internet, MPs have said.” (Via BBC News.)
MPs report back from internet’s dark side: “ Country going to hell on YouTube MPs have called on the government to install a YouTube Czar to oversee user-generated content sites and better labels for video…
(Via Techdirt.) UK Politicians Demand YouTube Vet Content To ‘Protect The Children’: “Various safe harbors for service providers that protect them from the actions of their users make a lot of common sense. It’s simply…