online child abuse
Snooping database has to happen says gov't
News She said: "Our ability to intercept communications and obtain communications data is vital to fighting terrorism and combating serious crime, including child sex abuse, murder and drugs trafficking. In... [15 Oct 2008]
'Broken: E-crime policing in the UK'
News He believes that industry and policing can take a similar joint approach to combating low level online cyber crimes to the combined efforts of ISPs, charities and law enforcers worldwide in stamping out... [15 Sep 2008]
UK leads fight against online child abuse
News The UK has been praised for leading the fight against online child abuse but Home office minister Vernon Coaker said more can still be done. Coaker said the work of the UK should be an... [24 Oct 2006]
Banks to cancel paedophile credit cards
News The IWF report has also found a trend for hosting non-commercial images of child abuse on Japanese message boards, as well as growing use of online photo album services posting images... [20 Jul 2006]
Consumer protection a DIY job on the net
News Self-regulatory bodies in the UK include TrustUK for ecommerce vendors, the Internet Service Providers Association (Ispa), the Internet Crime Forum and the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) which cracks down on child... [21 Jun 2006]
Websites told: Label smut or face prison
News It covers sexual intercourse of all types: bestiality, masturbation, sadistic or masochistic abuse, or lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic area of any person. Caving in to earlier demands from the US... [15 Jun 2006]
US heading for online data retention law?
News In a speech last month at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Gonzales said ISPs must retain records to help investigations of criminals "abusing kids and sending images of the abuse around the world... [31 May 2006]
Dedicated unit to tackle web paedophiles
News Among the new facilities housed by the unit will be a 24-hour resource to report online child abuse images and systems to track paedophiles across the world. The agency, which will be... [24 Apr 2006]
Yahoo!: 'We need new cybercrime laws'
News has called for "effective" legislation combined with industry self-regulation to deal with online fraud, child abuse and other cybercrime. One example is 'child... [03 Apr 2006]
Opinion: Time to teach the internet watchdog some new tricks?
Comment Either we should ask the IWF to expand the range of activities it covers or else we should create a new one covering the whole spectrum of threats, including online child abuse. The IWF... [13 Mar 2006]
Online child abuse - a decade on and the IWF reports progress
News The UK can be proud of its approach to tackling images of child abuse online as well as other criminally obscene and racist material, according to DTI minister Alun Michael, speaking at... [09 Mar 2006]
We need UN body to combat cyber crime, says MP
News Police forces are already co-operating against offences such as online child abuse with initiatives such as the Virtual Global Taskforce, a "one-stop shop" website for children to report... [24 Oct 2005]
Child porn: ISP regulations set for Commons debate
News The spokesman said: "Anything that's a step towards child safety and reducing the number of child abuse images on the internet is by-and-large a good thing. This technology, called... [26 Jul 2005]
UK anti-paedophile centre to be created
News A national organisation to tackle online paedophiles and support child abuse victims is to be set up next year. Police, businesses and charities are to work together in the centre, which... [15 Jun 2005]
ISPs should report online child abuse, says minister
News Internet service providers should be reporting incidents of online child abuse to the police and the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), a Home Office minister said today. Although BT and a... [15 Jun 2005]
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