Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/26/child_abuse_blocking_disclosure_bill/
MP urges ISPs to come clean on child abuse
'Tell us if you block smut', says Luton MP
Posted in Media, 26th October 2005 15:24 GMT
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An MP is urging ISPs to come clean on whether or not they block access to websites hosting images of child abuse. Margaret Moran [1], the Labour MP for Luton South, is due to raise the issue in parliament by introducing the Control of Internet Access (Child Pornography) Bill, a private member's bill that stands little chance of becoming law.
However Moran may use the brief time alloted her on the floor of the house for debate under the 10-minute rule to "name and shame" the estimated one in five UK ISPs who fail to disclose their practices, the BBC reports [2]. Industry and government are unconvinced of the need for the disclosure laws advocated by Moran.
The Home Office favours industry self-regulation rather than legislation in the area. Trade group The Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) said that large ISPs already block access to child pornography sites. ®