Extract from Lords motion to approve the Online Pornography (Commercial Basis) Regulations 2018 - Dec 11
Wednesday, 12 December 2018 08:16
Baroness Howe of Idlicote (CB):...As I said at the time, greeting
the first really credible means of enforcing that law online by
removing the relevant enforcement mechanism from key parts of the
Bill inevitably called into question our commitment to the law. I
appreciate that there is arguably a mechanism for trying to enforce
the law: the National Crime Agency can work with overseas
agencies if websites with this material are identified. However,
the mechanism is slow and...Request free
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(CB):...As I said at the time, greeting the first really
credible means of enforcing that law online by removing the
relevant enforcement mechanism from key parts of the Bill
inevitably called into question our commitment to the law. I
appreciate that there is arguably a mechanism for trying to enforce
the law: the National Crime Agency can work with
overseas agencies if websites with this material are identified.
However, the mechanism is slow and expensive, and it remains
unclear how it can have any effect if the domestic laws of the
countries in question permit non-photographic child sex abuse
images. To this extent, it was no surprise to me that in response
to a Written Parliamentary Question in September 2018, the
Government were unable to say whether the NCA had taken action
against any websites, or whether any sites had been removed by
overseas jurisdictions. ComRes polling published in the summer
shows that 71% of MPs think that the regulator should be empowered
to block these sites. Only 5% disagree...
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