resource center
  See your link here
|
Computerworld - AT&T Inc. and AOL LLC have joined three other major Internet service providers in eliminating access to child pornography newsgroups, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said today.
In June, Verizon Communications Inc., Time-Warner Cable and Sprint Nextel Corp. signed an agreement with Cuomo to shut down access to two major sources of child pornography.
Like those ISPs, AT&T and AOL will also rid their servers of child porn Web sites, according to a statement from Cuomo's office.
"AT&T takes its obligation to protect its customers from child pornography very seriously, and we're happy to work with Attorney General Cuomo's office and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in the effort to help prevent the distribution of this harmful and abusive content," said AT&T spokesman Marty Richter in an e-mail.
AOL could not be reached for comment.
Cuomo is also calling on other ISPs to follow the path set by the large ISPs.
"Today's agreements with AT&T and AOL send a message to Internet service providers across the nation that they can no longer drag their feet when it comes to protecting our children and instead must quickly purge child porn from their servers," Cuomo said in the statement.
Undercover investigators in Cuomo's office reviewed millions of pictures over several months, and uncovered 88 newsgroups containing 11,390 sexually lewd photos featuring prepubescent children.
Cuomo also announced a new Web site dedicated to fighting online child pornography.
Southern Company
Download Now
Aligning IT to Business: The Rising Importance of Application Delivery Networks
Application Delivery Networking (ADN) will play a vital role in helping enterprises incorporate strategic technologies to achieve business initiatives.
Defending Against the Storm
Download Now
Mitigate Risk, Lower Costs and Improve Network Efficiency
Create a stable IP network that not only meets today's challenges, but is flexible enough to also meet future demands.
Share our Strength
Download Now
Preparing Your Business Services for the Future
Would you trust your network monitoring tools enough to know when something is truly halting a business service?
IPAM: Slashing Network Costs
Slashing Network Costs by Consolidating and Automating Core Network Services
Essential Archive Requirements for E-Discovery
Register Now!
Horror stories: Managing IT Across Multiple Locations
How one extra sharp IT manager eliminates daily agony, hassle and repetition.
Sign up to receive updates on the latest Networking and Internet resources
Disaster Recovery & Cost Savings Zone
Thousands of customers world-wide have turned to virtualization solutions from Riverbed as a way to reduce costs.
CIO
Computerworld
CSO
DEMO
GamePro
Games.net
IDC
IDG
IDG Connect
IDG Knowledge Hub
IDG TechNetwork
IDG Ventures
IDG.net
InfoWorld
ITwhitepapers
ITworld
JavaWorld
LinuxWorld
Macworld
Network World
PC World
The Industry Standard
Copyright © 1994 - 2009 Computerworld Inc. All
rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium
without express written permission ofComputerworld Inc. is prohibited. Computerworld and Computerworld.com and the respective logos are trademarks of International Data Group Inc. |
