By Suzanna Kerridge, 22 March 2001 12:17
NEWS Bill Allen, CEO of Thus, told silicon.com that after an analysis of the newsgroups based on information supplied by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) it found these groups were likely to contain illegal material. "As an ISP we do not know what the content of these newsgroups are, but believe the content is illegal," he said. Thus' latest move comes a month after it first announced it would take a proactive role against child porn by removing paedophilic newsgroups. Speaking in February, Keith Monserrat, director of legal and regulation at Thus, claimed businesses needed to take a stand. But a silicon.com investigation revealed that the paedophile newsgroups Thus had vowed to take down were still on the Demon service several days after this announcement, and continued to be updated regularly. Thus then performed a U-turn, and admitted that monitoring newsgroups is exceptionally difficult. It then rejoined the rest of the ISP industry by saying it is "totally dependent" on information supplied by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) when it comes to removing illegal content.
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1. John Stamos
Child porn is discusting to say the least. Children do not understand the content of what adults do to them. By displaying children in sexual situations you are not only breaking the law in any moral socity, but you are breaking the spirts of these poor children for the rest of their lives. We need to crush these pedifiles and not give up on the poor chilren involved