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[FYI] SurfControl



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2463305.stm

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Thursday, 14 November, 2002, 09:39 GMT  

Global weapon to fight child net porn 

Government keen to protect children online Police forces around the 
globe will soon be using software developed in Britain as part of the 
worldwide fight against child pornography.  

It is part of an initiative from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office 
to tackle pornography in Eastern Europe and South East Asia, where 
much of the indecent imagery of children comes from.  

SurfControl, based in Cheshire, originally developed its filtering 
software to aid UK police in the investigation of online child abuse. 
 
The software allows police to trace and target people who seek, 
possess or distribute pornographic images of children on the net.  

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