Category Archives: Microsoft

Election 2017 – a Digital Manifesto

Posted on April 30, 2017 by John Carr

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 →

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Towards a new internet strategy for the UK

Posted on March 22, 2017 by John Carr

On 27th February Karen Bradley MP, Secretary of State at DCMS announced the Government’s intention to  develop a new internet strategy. As a member of the Executive Board of UKCCIS I was asked for my views.  I reproduce them below. I … Continue reading →

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Only 100

Posted on December 9, 2016 by John Carr

I have written many times about the fantastic work Microsoft did when they developed Photo DNA – the tool that allows law enforcement and other agencies to create a “digital fingerprint” of a child abuse image. This “fingerprint” can then … Continue reading →

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A New Year wish for big data

Posted on December 27, 2015 by John Carr

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 →

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Should I laugh, cry or emigrate?

Posted on December 13, 2015 by John Carr

A little while ago I wrote a blog in which I lamented the way in which the EU had decided – in the name of net neutrality no less – to ban internet access providers from turning on child protection … Continue reading →

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“Selfies” – some difficult issues

Posted on March 11, 2015 by John Carr

There is a great deal of understandable concern about “selfies”,  in this instance commonly understood to be self-produced and self-published images of oneself in which one is nude or semi-nude, or where one is engaged in sexual activity, typically alone … Continue reading →

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Taking stock of the Coalitions

Posted on February 25, 2014 by John Carr

  In December, 2011, Vice President of the European Commission Neelie Kroes identified five areas where she wanted to see internet companies taking action to make the internet a better place for kids. In the name of self-regulation Kroes asked … Continue reading →

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Words Obama and Cameron will never say

Posted on February 14, 2014 by John Carr

Having listened carefully to representations that have been made to us by a wide range of free speech, civil liberties and commercial interests, as well as several national governments and international organizations, we are happy to announce today that we … Continue reading →

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A ringing endorsement of the Internet Watch Foundation

Posted on January 27, 2014 by John Carr

In the early to mid-1990s the fledgling British internet industry consisted largely of a handful of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) trying to popularise and spread a magical American invention throughout our green and pleasant land. No one could have known It’s in … Continue reading →

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Porn on games consoles : astonishing stats

Posted on January 13, 2014 by John Carr

  Pornhub is the world’s largest hard-core adult pornography site.  Access to it is free and unrestricted.  They recently published a blog describing how their site fared in 2013. They are very pleased with themselves. First they want us to know … Continue reading →

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