LYCOS RETRIEVER
Child Pornography: Internet Service Providers
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Sonora, California, November 26, 1997: KidShield.com's third survey of Internet Service Providers' (ISPs) found newsgroups devoted to child pornography on the newsgroup servers for ALL major Internet Service Providers. This illegal pornography is categorized for easy reference (alt.sex.pedophilia, for example) and is easy to find. Furthermore, most ISPs do not make even a token effort to block this material.
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The statement came after CNET News.com reported on Tuesday that Sensenbrenner wanted to require Internet service providers to track what their users were doing so police might more easily "conduct criminal investigations," including inquiries into cases involving child exploitation and pornography. The concept is generally called data retention.
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A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate on Friday would create a national database of child pornography images — both real and “cartoon” — and require Internet service providers to monitor traffic and report such images to authorities. Under the bill, ISPs that find such images on their networks would have to make a detailed […]
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