Child Pornography Agreement with Internet Providers
As a result of an undercover investigation, New York’s Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo, Tuesday announced an agreement with three of the largest internet service providers (Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable) to block consumer access to child pornography websites and newsgroups. (The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children identifies child pornography sites through a regularly updated registry. Newsgroups are online public bulletin boards used to upload and download files). The providers also agreed to collectively contribute more than $1 million to additional efforts to remove online child pornography.
Cuomo also helped investigate child pornography found on the social networking site, MySpace and establish safeguards to protect users of Facebook, as well as sponsored legislation in New York to increase protection for children from online sexual predators.
Source: http://news.findlaw.com/ap/high_tech/1700//06-10-2008/20080610073502_20.html
