Report calls for web pre-screening to end UK’s child abuse ‘explosion’

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 11:57:40 +0000

The IICSA report cited “unprecedented levels of depravity” and said that encryption is getting in the way of current screening.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ELFeXrr3UeQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Freedom Hosting owner pleads guilty to distributing child abuse images

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 11:36:38 +0000

Eric Eoin Marques has pleaded guilty to running what was once believed to be the largest child abuse hosting provider on the dark web.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/8Yu2ZOyFsWg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook encrypted messaging will ‘create hiding places for child abuse’

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 11:44:10 +0000

Child safety groups penned an open letter to Facebook, urging a delay on encrypted messaging until sufficient safeguards are in place.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ns3LDtnKrEc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Court says suspect can’t be forced to reveal 64-character password

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 11:30:16 +0000

We have to protect the constitutional rights of the innocent, and that can mean shielding guilty-as-hell child abusers, the court said.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/tytTDlPZrB0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Bitcoin money trail leads cops to ‘world’s largest’ child abuse site

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 11:25:35 +0000

The Darknet server running the site, “Welcome to Video”, and the website’s convicted admin were tracked down by a global police force.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/U8nlPah7fZQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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4 ‘despicables’ jailed for running hidden worldwide child abuse forums

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 10:18:51 +0000

So much for trusting the Tor network to hide their tracks.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/W3IQrFPLq9A” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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