Category Archives: CEOP

Meet the “cappers” or, rather, don’t

Posted on March 31, 2020 by

“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 →

Posted in CEOP, Child abuse images, Default settings, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation, Uncategorized

Rape via the internet

Posted on December 21, 2017 by

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 →

Posted in CEOP, Child abuse images

Election 2017 – a Digital Manifesto

Posted on April 30, 2017 by

Age verification for pornography sites was a key measure advocated in the Digital Manifesto published by the UK children’s charities ahead of the 2015 General Election. Earlier this week that proposal was adopted in the Digital Economy Act, 2017. This shows … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Age verification, CEOP, Child abuse images, Consent, Default settings, E-commerce, Facebook, Google, ICANN, Internet governance, Microsoft, Pornography, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation

A New Year wish for big data

Posted on December 27, 2015 by

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 →

Posted in CEOP, Child abuse images, Default settings, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Pornography, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation

A Digital Manifesto for Britain’s children

Posted on March 29, 2015 by

Today CHIS published its “Digital Manifesto”.  The manifesto sets out the UK children’s organizations’  proposals for the consideration of the main political parties contesting seats in May in  the General Election for the Westminster Parliament. The parties’ responses will be … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Age verification, CEOP, Child abuse images, Consent, Default settings, E-commerce, Internet governance, Pornography, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation

The nature of the challenges becomes clearer

Posted on October 28, 2014 by

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 →

Posted in CEOP, Child abuse images, Self-regulation

Sexual offences against children on the internet

Posted on March 11, 2014 by

  In my last but one blog I discussed some research published by Pew. It showed that a surprisingly high proportion of internet users in the USA thought the internet had been a bad thing for society as a whole. … Continue reading →

Posted in CEOP, Child abuse images, Consent, Default settings, Regulation, Self-regulation

Online child safety – big things happening

Posted on November 18, 2013 by

  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

CHIS speaks out

Posted on November 4, 2013 by

  Just up on the Children’s Charities’ Coalition web site: their evidence to the Nominet Review and evidence to the DCMS Select Committee. 

Posted in Advertising, Age verification, CEOP, Child abuse images, Default settings, E-commerce, ICANN, Internet governance, Microsoft, Pornography, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation

Calling time in the last chance saloon

Posted on July 23, 2013 by

  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 →

Posted in Age verification, CEOP, Child abuse images, Default settings, Pornography, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation