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Meet the “cappers” or, rather, don’t
“Cappers” is a term that has been around for a while. Click here for a great explanation from Signy Arnason, Associate Director of the Canadian Centre for Child Protection. “Capping” is about tricking children into doing something inappropriate, for example … Continue reading
Rape via the internet
News of an important case from Sweden. A man has been convicted of raping children even though he never met them. All the abusive acts were carried out online. He is going to prison for 10 years. Apparently, none of the … Continue reading
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A New Year wish for big data
Studies carried out into the life stories of men convicted of offences linked to child abuse images, grooming or even direct contact offending against children have shown there are no common characteristics which can reliably be said to act as … Continue reading
The nature of the challenges becomes clearer
Last week Keith Bristow, Director General of the National Crime Agency, confirmed what had previously been disclosed on national TV in 2013 by Assistant Chief Constable Peter Davies, the then CEO of the Child Exploitation Online Protection agency (CEOP). Bristow … Continue reading
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Online child safety – big things happening
Here in the UK it has been a busy week and a good week for child safety on the internet. Later today the Prime Minister is holding an industry summit in Downing Street to review progress on the calls … Continue reading
Posted in CEOP, Default settings, Google, Microsoft, Regulation, Self-regulation
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CHIS speaks out
Just up on the Children’s Charities’ Coalition web site: their evidence to the Nominet Review and evidence to the DCMS Select Committee.
Calling time in the last chance saloon
No one in the UK who is concerned with online child protection can today complain that the subject has been neglected by the media, senior politicians or top executives in the major tech companies. There has never before been … Continue reading