BT halt child porn flood.BRITISH Telecom The telephone and communications carrier that provides services in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It used to be a division of the British Post Office, but was privatized in 1984 under Margaret Thatcher's administration. are stopping more than 10,000 attempts to access hardcore child porn every day, they revealed yesterday. The communications firm have discovered nearly 250,000 attempts to view child porn sites in the three weeks since they began using multi-million pound computer software. Child pornography Child pornography is the visual representation of minors under the age of 18 engaged in sexual activity or the visual representation of minors engaging in lewd or erotic behavior designed to arouse the viewer's sexual interest. expert Bob McLachlan,the former head of Scotland Yard's paedophile paedophile or US pedophile Noun a person who is sexually attracted to children Noun 1. paedophile - an adult who is sexually attracted to children pedophile unit, said: 'It's extremely worrying that so many people have attempted to access these illegal sites. But it is fantastic that they can be stopped in their tracks.' Home Office minister Paul Goggins said the figures were 'deeply shocking'. He hoped other service providers would take up the offer of using BT's blocking technology. CAPTION(S): SHOCKED: Goggins |
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