Child Abuse Images

The Unbelievable Truth About Child Pornography in the UK

John Carr | Posted 16.12.2012 | UK Tech
John Carr

The NSPCC sent out Freedom of Information requests to all 43 local police forces in England and Wales. Inter alia they asked how many indecent photogr...

Filtering Public WiFi is Catching On

John Carr | Posted 11.08.2012 | UK Tech
John Carr

Some time ago 02 announced free public WiFi system for central London. It is being rolled out in time for the Olympics.

Record Level of Convictions for Child Pornography Offences in the UK

John Carr | Posted 19.05.2012 | UK Tech
John Carr

I made two Freedom of Information (FoI) requests to the UK's Ministry of Justice. I asked for the latest official data on offences involving indecent images of children for England and Wales. The final set of answers arrived last week.

Internet Hotlines: Time For a Change?

John Carr | Posted 02.05.2012 | UK Tech
John Carr

Child abuse images, or child pornography as it is still more commonly known in many jurisdictions, are one of the signature crimes of the internet. Fr...

What Next?

John Carr | Posted 28.02.2012 | UK Tech
John Carr

About this time of year lots of technology pundits write columns about what they think is going to happen in the upcoming twelve months or so. I have ...

Brussels Makes a Move

John Carr | Posted 04.02.2012 | UK Tech
John Carr

Neelie Kroes is a Vice President of the European Commission. She is responsible for the European Union's ambitious Digital Agenda. Robert Madelin is h...

It's not a Numbers Game

John Carr | Posted 10.09.2011 | UK
John Carr

Last Wednesday Newsnight broadcast a highly critical item which focused on the activities of British policing. It centred on the number of sexually abused children who had been identified from illegal images circulating on the internet