Child Protection&Online Safety
16 May 2012
ORG: Mobile filters censor innocent content BBC News
Pornography filters on mobile phones are "censoring" normal web content, according to the Open Rights Group.
14 May 2012
Stakes are high as apps turn kids into gamblers The Australian
Children are using smartphones as gambling machines as they get increasingly bombarded with opportunities to gamble through phone apps and social media sites such as Facebook.
12 May 2012
Internet porn: British PM's plan for default block 'unrealistic', say experts The Guardian
Proposals for a default block on internet pornography have been criticised as impractical and potentially counterproductive by technology experts and civil liberties campaigners, setting them at loggerheads with groups such as the NSPCC ahead of a potentially stormy government consultation.
British police call on 'Twitter squad' to fight web bullies The Guardian
Police chiefs are calling on users of online social networking sites to be the "eyes and ears" of officers to help combat the menace of 'trolls' who bully or abuse via the web.
09 May 2012
How Facebook fights child porn CNET
It's hard not to be affected by an article titled "Kids Raped, Sodomized on Facebook Pages," the first of a four-part WND series about child porn and Facebook.
08 May 2012
Facebook Child Porn Pages: Shocking Groups Uncovered On Social Network Huffington Post
While many people have used Facebook to do some good, a small portion of the service's 901 million diverse users has been using the social network to do the complete opposite.
04 May 2012
Government consultation on protecting British children from internet porn BBC News
The government will consult on new measures to protect children from internet pornography.
EU and Japan to Make the Internet Safer for Children PC World
Europe and Japan will work together on a strategy to make the Internet safer for children and teenagers.
Child online safety plans unveiled by European Commission BBC News
The European Commission is considering setting up an age-based authentication system that limits where children can visit online.
28 April 2012
We need to talk about porn The Independent
The growth of internet sex sites is fuelling parental fears of children exposed to porn. So what's the real effect of an adolescence spent watching sex online?
Should Cyberbullying Be a Crime? New York Times
Schools throughout New York are preparing to put a new curriculum in place that will teach students civility and tolerance, to comply with new legislation intended to cut down on bullying.
25 April 2012
"The hidden side of your soul": How the FBI uses the Web as a child porn honeypot ars technica
The e-mail arrived in James Charles Cafferty's inbox on July 14, 2011. Unlike most unsolicited e-mail on the Internet, the message did not pitch mortgages, get rich quick scams, or penis pills. Instead, it provided a link to an under-the-radar child pornography website and the password needed to access it. Cafferty, a diplomatic security officer working for the US government at its London embassy, waited for three days, then clicked on the link. This is what he saw:
16 April 2012
Child porn found in game consoles The Age
Police are increasingly seizing gaming consoles from child pornography suspects, as the devices evolve from simple entertainment systems into all-purpose data hubs connected to the internet.
11 April 2012
Ex-Washington DC teacher wanted for child porn makes FBI list CNN
A former private school teacher and camp counselor facing child pornography charges was added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list Tuesday.
08 April 2012
UK prime minister gets tough on raunchy videos Sunday Telegraph
Explicit music videos made by stars such as Rihanna, Beyoncé and Madonna would be given 18 certificates and subject to greater restrictions to protect children, under plans being looked at by David Cameron.
27 March 2012
Child abuse images hidden in web stores, says IWF report BBC News
Paedophiles are hiding images of child sex abuse on websites that look like ordinary web shops, reveals a report.
US School District Told to Replace Web Filter Blocking Pro-Gay Sites New York Times
Students using the computers at Camdenton High School here in central Missouri have been able to access the Web sites for Exodus International, as well as People Can Change, antigay organizations that counsel men and women on how to become heterosexual.
23 March 2012
Australian police crack major child exploitation ring ABC News
Federal and state police believe they have broken the Australian branch of a major child exploitation network.
20 March 2012
Microsoft gives cops tools to detect child porn CNET
Microsoft is giving law enforcement PhotoDNA, a digital tool that sifts through massive amounts of online images to help identify instances of child pornography and rescue victims.
13 March 2012
Paedophiles are watching abuse of children live online, say Australian police Sydney Morning Herald
Federal police have detected an increase in paedophiles using online video streaming to watch child abuse as it occurs.
12 March 2012
Low reoffending risk found for child porn users Sunday Age
Reoffending rates by child pornography users are far below rates for assaults, drink-driving or property damage, with fewer than one in 10 people who download sexual images of minors later convicted of the crime again.
09 March 2012
Global Pedophile Network Broken Up By Italian Police Reuters
Italian police have broken up a pedophile network spanning at least 28 countries that used social media websites to swap pornographic images and videos of child abuse.
03 March 2012
Telstra blocks child porn 700 times per day in Australia Weekend Australian
Telstra blocked 84,000 attempts to access websites believed to contain child abuse material in less than four months last year, the government's classification review has revealed.
28 February 2012
US advocacy group takes aim at antiporn bill requiring ISP data retention Network World
One of the advocacy groups that worked to stall the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act in the U.S. Congress has taken aim at a bill that would require U.S. ISPs to retain the Internet Protocol logs of all their customers for a year, in the name of fighting online child pornography.
17 February 2012
FTC warns enforcement action may be next for mobile apps for kids Network World
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which in a new survey found that the vast majority of mobile apps for kids don't clearly disclose data sharing practices, said its next step will be the potential enforcement of privacy regulations.
