“Plans to establish a new internet domain specifically for pornography are to proceed after internet regulators approved the .xxx suffix for adult entertainment sites, three years on from a decision to block the move.”
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The Guardian, 19th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A judge has halted an attempt by copyright firm ACS:Law to secure default judgment against eight individuals accused of illegally file sharing pornographic films.”
The Lawyer, 14th December 2010
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A pensioner who secretly filmed young girls as they showered in his bathroom was jailed for three years today.”
The Independent, 30th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A director of a hearing aid company who kept adult pornographic images on a work computer in a file named ‘Dirty’ won a High Court battle against being struck off today.”
The Independent, 29th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A Lincolnshire science teacher who downloaded more than 8,000 pornographic images of young girls has been given a three-year community order.”
BBC News, 15th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Teesside doctor who downloaded more than 1,300 child porn images, including scenes of torture, has been jailed.”
BBC News, 4th September 209
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Teaching assistant Rosemary Foxall who helped her husband secretly film young girls as they bathed at their home has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A teacher has admitted having more than 130 indecent images of children on his computer.”
BBC News, 10th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“One of Britain’s biggest online paedophile investigations will be challenged in the Court of Appeal following allegations that hundreds of men may have been wrongly convicted in a ‘huge miscarriage of justice’, it was reported today.”
The Independent, 3rd July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Police Colin Port says he is prepared to go to jail rather than return suspected child pornography.”
BBC News, 18th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former local councillor has been jailed for six years after police found an illegal gun and child abuse images at his Greater Manchester home.”
BBC News, 16th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Harriet Harman has been accused of a conflict of interest after it emerged that she once advocated the watering down of child pornography laws.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Government is failing to resolve the issue of access to child abuse images on the internet, major children’s charities said today.”
The Independent, 23rd February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“It has become illegal in most of the UK to own extreme pornographic images. A new law came into force making it a criminal offence to possess the images in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. A similar law is proposed in Scotland.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th January 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Officers will not actively target members of the public to track down those who own violent pornography banned under a new law, police chiefs admitted yesterday.”
The Guardian, 26th January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A circular on the implementation of sections 63-67 and 71 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act on the possession of extreme pornographic images and the increase in the maximum sentence for offences under the Obscene Publications Act 1959.”
Ministry of Justice, 19th January 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The Criminal Justice and immigration Act 2008 introduces a new offence, in England, Wales and Northern Ireland of the possession of extreme pornographic images.”
Ministry of Justice, 26th November 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A nurse on an old people’s ward who used a hospital computer to look at sexually explicit images of an elderly woman was struck off today.”
The Independent, 7th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A teacher who admitted possessing and making indecent images of children has been given a suspended sentence.”
BBC News, 27th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Son of designer Westwood joins bid to overturn ban that activists say stifles creative freedom.”
The Observer, 26th October 2008
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
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