p2pnet - rss feed: Comcast joins Kiddie Porn brigade
p2pnet news view | Crime:- New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo has already told AT&T, AOL, Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable they have to in effect act as Net censors to keep online Kiddie Porn at bay.
Now Comcast has been given the same order.
Cuomo is threatening legal action from New York state if the company doesn’t agree to fall into line, says the Wall Street Journal.
“Cuomo was not one of the 48 attorneys general to publicly support the efforts of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association and the National Association for Missing and Exploited children, because he said it was not as tough on online child pornography as his own code of conduct,” says the Washington Post, going on:
“According to Cuomo’s office, the agreement that Comcast and others in the cable industry agreed to has targeted Web sites with child pornography but had weak language when it came to eliminating news groups - where illegal images can proliferate.
“Cuomo was also concerned that the agreement Comcast has signed so far would not require the most thorough reporting to law enforcement.”
Neither Cuomo or the corporations have explained how they expect to eradicate online child pornography, or how they’ll interact with law enforcement agencies.
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Net censors - AT&T, AOL, jump Kiddie Porn bandwaggon, July 11, 2008
Wall Street Journal -Cuomo Pressures Comcast To Sign Child Porn Code, July 22, 2008
Washington Post - Com cast pressured over porn, July 22, 2008
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July 22nd, 2008 at 12:33 pm
All newsgroup providers take down illegal material immediately when it’s reported to them. They always have. But that’s no longer good enough. Now they must take preventative action and keep it from ever showing up on this worldwide public bulletin board, or at least make this material hard as possible to access.
Next up, music and movies.
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:38 pm
A specious excuse to hunt down file sharers. Could this possibly be more contrived?
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:01 pm
It’s like banning the Internet if it were possible so no-one will get offended. Simple but stupid, and neglects all legitimate uses. Agree with above savvy posters