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“Good Pictures Bad Pictures”
I have just finished “Good Pictures Bad Pictures. Porn proofing today’s young kids.” by Kristen Jenson. I have provided a link to Amazon but for most of my readers it’s not going to be much use at the moment as the … Continue reading
Posted in Age verification, Pornography, Regulation, Self-regulation
Age verification. Movement in South Africa
The South African Film Board is charged with developing regulations to give effect to their recently adopted law requiring age verification for pornography sites. A consultation was held on how the regulations might be implemented. It closed yesterday. After thanking … Continue reading
Posted in Age verification, Pornography, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation
Age verification marches on
This week saw the publication of a report of a conference which I organized with the help of The Reward Foundation. What did we look at? With the enormous advances that have been made in recent years in the field … Continue reading
Posted in Age verification, Pornography, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation
The Government lost in court today
The Government lost in court today. Yippee! The age verification companies won the right to proceed with a Judicial Review of the Secretary of State’s decision not to proceed with the implementation of age verification. What will the Government do … Continue reading
Posted in Age verification, Pornography, Regulation, Self-regulation
UK Government in court over age verification
The Government is in court tomorrow over its failure to implement age verification for pornography sites. Fingers crossed.
Posted in Age verification, Pornography, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation, Uncategorized
Something could be done now?
If you click here you will see a copy of a letter I sent today to Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham CBE, the UK’s chief privacy enforcement official. In the letter I suggest the fact that the Government called a halt … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Age verification, E-commerce, Pornography, Regulation, Self-regulation
A child’s legal right to porn? I don’t think so.
Pornhub is not an aid, comforter or reliable source of advice, guidance, support or information for children who are anxious or inquisitive about sex, their own sexuality, or relationships. Neither is any other porn site I know about. The fact … Continue reading
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
More on the risks associated with strong encryption
I hope someone in Facebook reads this and passes a message up the line. I am sure it will only add to the substantial number they have already received on exactly the same point. Cho Joo-bin lives in South Korea. … Continue reading
Posted in Child abuse images, Default settings, Pornography, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation
Good news from Australia
Good news from Australia. A Parliamentary Committee of Enquiry today publishes its findings, coming down in favour of age verification as an important tool to help keep pornography away from the eyes of people it was never meant for, namely … Continue reading
Posted in Age verification, Pornography, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation
