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UK: Vorderman attacks Net industry for porn apathy

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Tuesday January 23, 02:57 PM

Vorderman attacks Net industry for porn apathy

By Richard Barry

In an unprecedented attack on the apathy of the government and the Internet industry, TV broadcaster Carol Vorderman lambasted both for failing to protect children from paedophiles operating online Tuesday.

At a heated debate of the Internet Watch Foundation's (IWF) first parliamentary meeting in the House of Lords, Vorderman stunned the audience with her comments.

Vorderman called on the Internet industry to act immediately to protect children online. "It is time for those who make their money from the Internet to take responsibility for the content and images it purveys and allows to be purveyed," she said. She also attacked the government's plan to give children at school their own email address. "This is utterly incomprehensible," she said. "It is an open invitation for paedophiles to track children at school."

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