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- Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 09:17:18 +0100
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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 01:48:26 GMT
From: freespeech@sideshow.idps.co.uk
Subject: European Union proposing to ban anon e-mail due to child-porn.
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 15:03:07 -0800
Subject: Usual Friday dose of bad news
Friday 23 April 1999 at 15h00
From: alecm@coyote.UK.Sun.COM (Alec Muffett)
Subject: European Union proposing to ban anon e-mail due to
child-porn.
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 18:25:58 +0100
http://www2.europarl.eu.int/dg7-bin/seid.pl?APP=RAPPORT+PRG=DOCRAPPORT
+FIL E=PE-RAPPORT-A4-0141-99-EN+LANGUE=EN
The amendments seek the following:
1-. Non-binding phrases have been changed to binding phrases.
2. Member States agree that:
(a) the production, processing, supply, distribution and possession
of
child pornography are criminal offences, and a uniform protective age
is introduced;
(b) the possession of child pornography for the purpose of securing
evidence is not a criminal offence;
(c) special units of the law enforcement authorities will
systematically scan the Internet for child pornography;
(d) contact points operated on a 24-hour basis will be set up and
they
will be able to cooperate directly;
(e) Europol is to be informed immediately of cases of child
pornography;
(f) Internet providers undertake to retain for at least three months
traffic-related data;
(g) the sending of anonymous e-mail is prohibited.
The proposals listed under (a) and (g) are of considerable
importance. In practice the fight against criminal material on the
Internet is seriously impeded by the fact that not even within the
European Union are there equal, or at least comparable, legal
standards on major issues. Prosecuting child pornography is difficult
because 'child' is defined to cover different age groups. It is also
difficult if a link (the term employed by the World Wide Web) used to
pass on an offer with criminal contents is not in itself criminal in
nature. Prosecution is impossible if electronic mail can be sent
anonymously.