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Legal Eye: Is encryption really the silver bullet?
Comment It is notable that criminals, paedophiles and terrorists have been among the first to adopt the use of encryption to protect emails and data from inspection. But organisations would be wrong to pin all their hopes on it,... [27 Mar 2008]
ID cards to be used for criminal record checks
News Just this week the Home Office admitted that 2,273 innocent people had wrongly been branded as paedophiles and violent robbers because their details were similar to people with criminal convictions. The Criminal Records... [23 May 2006]
Ripa encryption keys clause to get the go-ahead?
News But the Home Office, which has just launched a consultation process, says the powers contained in Part 3 are needed to combat an increased use of encryption by criminals, paedophiles and terrorists. The UK government is... [18 May 2006]
Dedicated unit to tackle web paedophiles
News The government has launched the first permanently staffed unit to track down paedophiles operating online. Among the new facilities housed by the unit will be a 24-hour resource to report online child abuse images and... [24 Apr 2006]
Opinion: Time to teach the internet watchdog some new tricks?
Comment When it started, detecting child abuse sites and stopping paedophiles was the only threat. The IWF may have done a good job in ridding the UK of child abuse websites. But with the increasing number of threats on the... [13 Mar 2006]
Government database to ID every child
News The government emphasized that tight security would be enforced to prevent the likes of paedophiles accessing the list of children. The government is to spend £224m on a database to record the details of every child in... [09 Dec 2005]
Bloggers get a helping handbook
News Pain writes: "This advice is, of course, not for those [terrorists, racketeers or paedophiles] who use the internet to commit crimes. Free-speech advocate Reporters Without Borders has published a guide for blogging in... [23 Sep 2005]
£10m police database tracks violent offenders and paedophiles
News A new £10m national intelligence database will allow police forces across the UK to share vital information on violent criminals, paedophiles and other sex offenders in the community. The violent and sex offenders... [18 Aug 2005]
Leader: Stop self-policing
Leader both shut chatrooms, citing concerns they were being used by paedophiles. One of China's leading portals, NetEase, announced today it has shut its MP3 search facility, fearing it could be blamed for the illegal music... [17 Aug 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 will act as a... [15 Jun 2005]
ISPs should report online child abuse, says minister
News Robbins added he thought data protection laws should not prevent ISPs from reporting suspected paedophiles. Jim Gamble, deputy director general for the National Crime Squad, said: "We're making the work place more... [15 Jun 2005]
Blair offers £10m "prize" to bridge UK digital divide
News The government has also promised to boost the security and safety of the internet with a new police agency that will target online paedophiles along with plans to work with the banking industry on online authentication... [01 Apr 2005]
Leader: Is one data leak one too many?
Leader Recently silicon.com covered a web initiative by the UK police to allow the anonymous reporting of paedophiles. Of course through these methods the police will hopefully catch more paedophiles but if the... [08 Feb 2005]
Police let down by e-crime ignorance
News Operation Ore, which investigated internet paedophiles, led to a number of arrests but involved the majority of the available resources - an insufficient number of officers trained in the area that means that... [18 May 2004]
Safer surfing - the EU's €50m priority
News The EU will also be getting behind awareness campaigns to educate teachers, parents and children on the potential risks of surfing the internet, with a particular emphasis on "personalised, interactive and mobile applications", after... [15 Mar 2004]
