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Good but nowhere near good enough
Last Thursday Facebook made an announcement about its plans for Messenger. In truth the substance of the announcement concerned great stuff I thought they were already doing, at least on their main Facebook platform, so discovering they were now going … Continue reading
Posted in Child abuse images, E-commerce, Facebook, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation
Enfeebled enforcers
In yesterday’s “Observer” the ever-excellent John Naughton drew attention to a survey carried out by a new kid on the block, a company called “Brave”. And they obviously are because Brave is trying to get going in the web browser … Continue reading
Posted in Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation
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
Posted in Default settings, Facebook, Google, ICANN, Internet governance, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation
Meet the “cappers” or, rather, don’t
“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
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
Sad, but unfortunately not surprising
Free speech and civil liberties organizations do a hugely important job scrutinizing the activities of state agencies. However, you are forced to wonder if, sometimes, they don’t completely lose touch with common humanity. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)has just served … Continue reading
Posted in Child abuse images, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation, Uncategorized
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
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
Facebook urged to rethink its plans for encryption
Today children’s organizations from over 100 hundred countries around the world publish a letter urging Facebook to rethink its plans on encryption. So far the story has been picked up and reported by the BBC, the Financial Times and the … Continue reading
