[pchelpers] more good news on stopping illegal Internet activities
- From: "Ekhart GEORGI (last name last)" <ekhart.georgi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 13:58:01 +0300
www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1232506,00.html
BT puts block on child porn sites
Martin Bright, home affairs editor
Sunday June 6, 2004
The Observer
British Telecom has taken the unprecedented step of blocking all illegal
child pornography websites in a crackdown on abuse online. The decision
by Britain's largest high-speed internet provider will lead to the first
mass censorship of the web attempted in a Western democracy.
The move, previously thought to be at the limits of technical
possibilities of the internet and prohibitively expensive, was given the
personal backing of BT chairman Sir Christopher Bland at a board meeting
last month after intense pressure from children's charities.
Known as Cleanfeed, the project has been developed in consultation with
the Home Office and will go live by the end of the month, The Observer
can reveal. Other major players in the internet market, such as Energis
and Thus, which owns rival Demon Internet, are said to be preparing to
block banned sites.
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