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Towards a new internet strategy for the UK
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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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
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
“Selfies” – some difficult issues
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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Words Obama and Cameron will never say
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
A ringing endorsement of the Internet Watch Foundation
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