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[ramtops]

from BBC news, Police to monitor net chat rooms - which I rather thought they did already ..

but what caught my eye was this:

"He says the police are also stepping up efforts to persuade banks to withdraw credit cards from people who use them to pay for child pornography on websites."

is it just me who thinks this is just *wrong* ?

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[syllopsium.livejournal.com]

Of course it's wrong - people should be prosecuted if they pay for that sort of stuff.

Sounds like PR crap to me 'A symbol may appear on computer screens to let chatroom users know that they are being overheard.' - so, a limited number of chatrooms (any betting it will be AOL only?), no IRC etc.

I still think an awful lot could be done to protect children via simple things such as keyword scanning on instant messenger programs, etc.