...except most of it isn't

News article:
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More web users reporting child pornography

IWF reports drop in number of images confirmed as child sexual abuse

Carrie-Ann Skinner

PC Advisor, UK: 14 October 2009
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=3204060

More web users than ever are reporting incidences of child pornography
images on the web, says the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).

The web charity revealed that reports of potentially illegal images
had risen by five percent to 270,000 compared to this time last year.
However, only one in five or those images was confirmed by the IWF as
child sexual abuse.

The IWF released the data to mark its third Awareness Day, which aims
to encourage web users to report sexual abuse images found on the web.

The charity also said that 99 percent of all child pornography was
traced to servers outside the UK and of those found in the UK, all
were removed on the same day they were reported.

Eve Salomon, IWF Chair, said: "With the help of our Hotline, the UK
has an excellent record in eradicating child sexual abuse images on
the internet in partnership with 35 other Hotlines around the world
and with the support of our 100 industry members. These websites are
reducing in number globally and where they are sited in the UK, they
are removed extremely quickly".

On Oct 14, 11:44 am, Cub Reporter  wrote:
> ...except most of it isn't
>
> News article:
> ======================================
> More web users reporting child pornography
>
> IWF reports drop in number of images confirmed as child sexual abuse
>
> Carrie-Ann Skinner
>
> PC Advisor, UK: 14 October 2009http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=3204060
>
> More web users than ever are reporting incidences of child pornography
> images on the web, says the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).
>
> The web charity revealed that reports of potentially illegal images
> had risen by five percent to 270,000 compared to this time last year.
> However, only one in five or those images was confirmed by the IWF as
> child sexual abuse.
>
> The IWF released the data to mark its third Awareness Day, which aims
> to encourage web users to report sexual abuse images found on the web.
>
> The charity also said that 99 percent of all child pornography was
> traced to servers outside the UK and of those found in the UK, all
> were removed on the same day they were reported.
>
> Eve Salomon, IWF Chair, said: "With the help of our Hotline, the UK
> has an excellent record in eradicating child sexual abuse images on
> the internet in partnership with 35 other Hotlines around the world
> and with the support of our 100 industry members. These websites are
> reducing in number globally and where they are sited in the UK, they
> are removed extremely quickly".

"potentially illegal images"

WM

On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:23:06 +0100, "Mentalguy2k8"
 wrote:

>Philip Thompson, "the Librarian" had 241,000 indecent images of children on 
>his computers, all traded online in moderated forums and websites, there's 
>nothing to suggest that they are not still being posted, downloaded and 
>traded. Apparently obscure binary newsgroups are also sources of this stuff, 
>if you're that way inclined it wouldn't take long to find them. For you and 
>the usual suspects to pretend they're not out there and that you don't know 
>where to find them, is ridiculous. 

All the PP claimed was that there is no *commercial* CP.  He explained
at length that CP was available in forums and P2P, and I expect Usenet
as well.  It is the allegation that there is a multi-million dollar
child porn industry being conducted via the Internet that is being
disputed.

You might consider the fact that if the average paedophile can easily
find child pornography on the Internet, then so can the average
policeman.  IIUC there is no country in the World where it is legal to
sell child pornography, so any web server hosting such material could
very quickly be taken down, the people controlling it could almost
certainly be traced and prosecuted.

-- 
Cynic

Just another seeming that stems from the expansion of the Net.
"Cub Reporter"  wrote in message 
news:jnabd5le4lhdbospj8kpf7n936ova9km98@4ax.com...
> ...except most of it isn't
>
> News article:
> ======================================
> More web users reporting child pornography
>
> IWF reports drop in number of images confirmed as child sexual abuse
>
> Carrie-Ann Skinner
>
> PC Advisor, UK: 14 October 2009
> http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=3204060
>
> More web users than ever are reporting incidences of child pornography
> images on the web, says the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).
>
> The web charity revealed that reports of potentially illegal images
> had risen by five percent to 270,000 compared to this time last year.
> However, only one in five or those images was confirmed by the IWF as
> child sexual abuse.
>
> The IWF released the data to mark its third Awareness Day, which aims
> to encourage web users to report sexual abuse images found on the web.
>
> The charity also said that 99 percent of all child pornography was
> traced to servers outside the UK and of those found in the UK, all
> were removed on the same day they were reported.
>
> Eve Salomon, IWF Chair, said: "With the help of our Hotline, the UK
> has an excellent record in eradicating child sexual abuse images on
> the internet in partnership with 35 other Hotlines around the world
> and with the support of our 100 industry members. These websites are
> reducing in number globally and where they are sited in the UK, they
> are removed extremely quickly".