Category Archives: Self-regulation

“Good Pictures Bad Pictures”

Posted on August 13, 2020 by

I have just finished “Good Pictures Bad Pictures. Porn proofing today’s young kids.” by Kristen Jenson. I have to say, right off, the book is excellent. It is not preachy, moralising or judgemental. In crisp, clear and concise prose it describes … Continue reading →

Posted in Age verification, Pornography, Regulation, Self-regulation

Age verification. Movement in South Africa

Posted on August 4, 2020 by

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

The EU’s strategy for a more effective fight against child sexual abuse

Posted on July 26, 2020 by

I said in an earlier blog I would write more fully about the announcement last week of the European Commission’ s new strategy for a more effective fight against child sexual abuse. I wrote that when I had only skimmed … Continue reading →

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Facebook’s very poor example

Posted on July 25, 2020 by

I have lost count of the number of times child safety advocates from around the world have got in touch with me because, in relation to something they think is important and urgent locally, they cannot get any response from … Continue reading →

Posted in E-commerce, Facebook, Regulation, Self-regulation

The agony and the ecstasy – all in the same day

Posted on July 24, 2020 by

Regular readers will recall last year I got very  engaged with discussions on the new e-Privacy Regulation being drawn up in Brussels. They were threatening to outlaw the use of PhotoDNA and similar tools by certain types of electronic communications … Continue reading →

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Age verification marches on

Posted on July 21, 2020 by

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

Posted on July 16, 2020 by

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

Posted on July 15, 2020 by

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

EU’s new policy statement on child sex abuse

Posted on July 6, 2020 by

The EU is developing a new policy statement ( a “Communication”) on the fight against child sex abuse. Here is a link to my submission.  It’s too long but there is an Appendix which summarises the main recommendations.

Posted in Child abuse images, Regulation, Self-regulation

Business goes where Governments fear to tread

Posted on June 28, 2020 by

It’s a funny old world. Governments bang on about the unacceptable nature of some of the stuff that regularly appears on social media. They call on the platforms to do something about it and, immediately, a whole army of predictable … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation, Uncategorized