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Google must fight spread of online child abuse images, says David Cameron | |
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David Cameron has demanded Google and other web giants do more to rid the internet of child abuse images, warning that lives are being put at risk. | David Cameron has demanded Google and other web giants do more to rid the internet of child abuse images, warning that lives are being put at risk. |
The prime minister said he was sickened by the material available online and told web search firms to stop making excuses. | The prime minister said he was sickened by the material available online and told web search firms to stop making excuses. |
The companies have been summoned to a "council of war" with the culture secretary, Maria Miller, and Cameron's adviser on the issue – the Tory MP Claire Perry – on 17 June. | The companies have been summoned to a "council of war" with the culture secretary, Maria Miller, and Cameron's adviser on the issue – the Tory MP Claire Perry – on 17 June. |
Research by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) has suggested that more than half of those who view child abuse images go on to commit abuse themselves. | Research by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) has suggested that more than half of those who view child abuse images go on to commit abuse themselves. |
Mark Bridger, who was convicted last month of the murder of five-year-old April Jones, was found to have a cache of 65 criminal abuse images. | Mark Bridger, who was convicted last month of the murder of five-year-old April Jones, was found to have a cache of 65 criminal abuse images. |
Cameron said: "I am sickened by the proliferation of child pornography. It pollutes the internet, twists minds and is quite simply a danger to children. | Cameron said: "I am sickened by the proliferation of child pornography. It pollutes the internet, twists minds and is quite simply a danger to children. |
"Internet companies and search engines make their living by trawling and categorising the web. So I call on them to use their extraordinary technical abilities to do more to root out these disgusting images. | "Internet companies and search engines make their living by trawling and categorising the web. So I call on them to use their extraordinary technical abilities to do more to root out these disgusting images. |
"That is why the government I lead is convening a roundtable of the major internet companies, and demanding that more is done. | "That is why the government I lead is convening a roundtable of the major internet companies, and demanding that more is done. |
"There are encouraging signs that the industry is willing to step up, increasing funding and technical support for organisations combating child sexual abuse imagery online. But I want more action. | "There are encouraging signs that the industry is willing to step up, increasing funding and technical support for organisations combating child sexual abuse imagery online. But I want more action. |
"The time for excuses and blame is over – we must all work together. The safety of our children is at stake; and nothing matters more than that." | "The time for excuses and blame is over – we must all work together. The safety of our children is at stake; and nothing matters more than that." |