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Another advertising scandal
Apologies for the fact I missed this at the time it hit the regular news cycle but when I read about it yesterday I felt I still had to write something. Regular readers will know my blogs are occasionally partly … Continue reading
Posted in E-commerce, Facebook, Google, Pornography, Regulation, Self-regulation
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Big numbers again and countries named
Under US Federal law every electronic service provider (esp) within the US jurisdiction is required to report all child sex abuse material (csam) found on their virtual properties. They must report to NCMEC, the US hotline, in a form described here. … Continue reading
Posted in Child abuse images, Facebook, Google, Regulation, Self-regulation
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After the war is over
It is impossible for anyone to say with any level of certainty what the post-pandemic world will look like. Some pundits believe everything will be completely different. Rather more seem to be saying nothing much will change or things could … Continue reading
More progress in the fight against online child sex abuse
Last week representatives from the Governments of the “Five Eyes” nations, (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the USA) gathered in Washington DC. They endorsed a set of eleven voluntary principles to combat a range of online threats to … Continue reading
Voluntarism just isn’t working. Again.
Another excellent major story has appeared in The New York Times. It details the failings of high tech businesses to address the scourge of child sex abuse still images and videos on the internet. The failures of voluntarism are again … Continue reading
Posted in Child abuse images, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Regulation, Self-regulation
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On encryption and child protection
A company is normally driven by a desire and a legal obligation to build “shareholder value”. In the case of one company, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg owns a majority of the voting stock so when looking at its big decisions we … Continue reading
Posted in Child abuse images, Facebook, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation
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Facebook moving in the right direction
That is not a headline I thought I would write any time soon. However, I have to say I applaud Facebook’s announcement earlier this week concerning the company’s plans to address the standards they will adopt in relation to content … Continue reading
Once more unto the breach
The dust has settled on the European elections. The President of the Commission has been appointed, congratulations to Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen. However, we don’t know who the individual Commissioners will be, much less how the portfolios will be … Continue reading
Posted in Child abuse images, Facebook, Google, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation
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Predatory paedophile behaviour – a supplementary
Within one hour of my last blog going up – addresssing the emergence of “DDLG” as a threat to children’s well-being, someone sent me a link to the case of Dominic Nielen-Groen, a 39 year old divorced father of two. … Continue reading
