Gardaí and internet providers team up to block new domains hosting child abuse images
Internet service providers will be given the domain names which will be blocked to Irish users.
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Internet service providers will be given the domain names which will be blocked to Irish users.
They were harrowing times.
Senator Mary Ann O’Brien has asked Minister Pat Rabbitte to examine the UK’s moves to block online pornography.
Ireland has bent over backwards to accommodate the wishes of copyright holders by blocking file-sharing websites – but there isn’t as much effort put into the voluntary blocking of child porn, such as exists in the UK or Norway, writes Aaron McKenna.
The online movie and TV series streaming service has published data on Irish ISPs and how they rank according to streaming speeds for Netflix content.
The controversial international counterfeiting treaty will no longer be sent to the European Court of Justice.
Children are being exposed to sexual material online. A simple opt-in filter would help protect them without stifling web freedom, writes Pat McKenna.
The international trade committee has said that the European Parliament should not ratify ACTA next month.
The rights of children must come first – and it’s time to block images of the worst sexual abuse, write Senators Deirdre Clune and Jillian van Turnhout.
In what is being hailed by internet providers as a landmark ruling, the European Court of Justice says ISPs cannot ‘filter’ content.
As part of a government bid to tackle the sexualisation of children, some the UK’s main ISPs will automatically block access to sites showing sexually explicit imagery – unless customers specifically request to be able to view pornography.
Sony, Warner Music and Universal have reached a deal with Baidu. Currently almost all of music downloads in China are illegal.