MS ’sexual predator’ icon
p2pnet.net News:- Microsoft and Britain’s Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre have come up with a way for users of Windows Messenger to report suspected online sexual predators.
Through an icon and link to the CEOP web site, “people from anywhere in the world can access the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) – an international alliance of law enforcement agencies – of which the CEOP Centre is the UK’s representative,” says Webuser, continuing:
“The tab will appear on both MSN Messenger, and its replacement, Windows Live Messenger. As well as a ‘one click’ link through to a report to the police, each week, CEOP and Microsoft will provide a new safety tip as part of the tab, for example, how to safeguard your personal details or to how to spot a potential threat.”
The CEOP Centre is affiliated to the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) and powers come from the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, says PublicTechnology.net.
“Behind the report abuse button will sit police and intelligence officers who have been specially trained to tackle child sex abuse,” the story has Jim Gamble, CEOP Centre ceo and VGT chairman saying. “We will tell you how to capture information and how to seize online discussions and then proactively do all we can to track down the perpetrator.
“But there is a lot more to this. CEOP is an integral part of the VGT and therefore by working with MSN in this way we are offering users access to a global police response. If you make a report as a UK citizen then we at CEOP will investigate. If you make a report as a user from other countries then our counterparts in the US, Australia, Canada or Interpol will take the matter further. That is a truly global response to a worldwide issue.”
Also See:
Webuser – Microsoft adds ‘one-click’ sex offender report tool, August 21, 2006
PublicTechnology.net – Potential sex offenders reported online via CEOP & Microsoft partnership, August 22, 2006
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August 24th, 2006 at 8:38 pm
the Dark Ages and Inquisitions!!! How many INNOCENT people are going to be dragged down by this Nazi/SS technique????? Don’t get me wrong, TRUE *preditors* of ANY kind absolutely have to be stopped!!!!! However, this is only the FIRST of the many ‘baby’ steps toward a Totalitarian One World Government of the New World Order. Do we REALLY WANT this??? I say to MegaShit: Get your heads out of the asses of the Governments and take care of your OWN business…like making an operating system that doesn’t go on its monthly period every month needing a zillion “patches” to ‘fix’ it!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 24th, 2006 at 9:05 pm
You summed it up pretty good! Now here’s the long version.
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