Net giants swear by death

Microsoft, Yahoo, Earthlink, AOL and United Online formed the global child protection alliance, with a $ 1 million fund and the most advanced technologies.

Source: CNN

The fact that the five giants are committed to the war with child sexual abusers is a strategic step for these firms, in an effort to prevent the US Congress from passing a bill to force Internet service providers must keep a record of user activity on the network.

This alliance will work with the Missing and Abused Children's Center (NCMEC) in all its campaigns of sweeping and abolishing.

" The advantage of modern Internet technologies not only helps child abusers spread sex pictures but also helps them cleverly cover their offenses, " said NCMEC president.

" With our team of experts and abundant tools, the ISPs above can help the campaign to protect children and minimize the risk of children being sexually abused or spreading pictures. erotic pictures ".

The goal of the alliance is to use the latest technologies to detect and block the online release of child sex content, including images and video clips, even movies that the main characters do not All are adolescent.

However, in the joint statement, the coalition affirmed to " balance the privacy of Internet users with the goal of eradicating child sex ", to reassure those concerned that personal freedom will be violated because of this campaign.

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Update 14 December 2018