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 The European Commission on 29 march 2010 proposed new rules obliging EU countries to impose more severe punishment on those who sexually abuse children. The proposal also calls for criminal prosecution of activities like 'grooming' (befriending children with the intention of sexually abusing them) and "sex tourism", even if the child abuse has taken place outside the EU. The Commission also wants more to be done to prevent these offences and to protect the victims. It particularly wants to make sure that offenders can get tailor-made treatment so that they don't abuse again.
Circamp and its appraoch has been made one of the key actions in the plans. In the proposal Member States have to take the necessary measures to obtain the removal of internet pages containing or disseminating child pornography. If such websites are difficult to remove, Member States will be obliged to ensure that access to websites containing child pornography can be blocked, as they are very difficult to take down at the source, especially if the site is outside the EU. The proposal will leave it to Member States to decide exactly how the blocking should be implemented but legal safeguards will always apply. |
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 The issue of the Circamp filtering method and approach is again heavily debated in Germany. After the plans had been stored in the fridge by the new government at the end of 2009, the recommendations of the EU Commission and the Council of Ministers has refuelled the discussion. Below some extracts from Der Spiegel.
The stop sign is back: At the European level the maw enforcement agencies will continue to put on block lists and filter against the display of child abuse on the Internet. In a draft of the Council of Ministers supports the use of network filters in Europe. Read the full article in Der Spiegel (in German) The EU Commission and the Council of Ministers still want Europe to introduce the controversial internet filters. The filter systems are already in use in countries such as Itay . Will the "Stop" signs come via Brussels? The EU parliament could stop the controversial directive. Read the full article in Der Spiegel (in German) Minister of Justice Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger confronts the EU-Commission: the FDP-minister is trying to prevent the EU plans for internet blocking of child pornography Web sites - for network blocking she says, are not effective. She gets support from the SPD and the Greens. Read the full article in Der Spiegel (in German) |
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There are many countries running the CSAADF, and thus preventing the distribution of child sexual abuse material on the Web, as defined in their national law. Since the various National Police forces evaluate the available child sexual abuse material do so according to their national legislation the results differ, and a domain that is blocked in one country may be legal, available and accessible in another. When an users Internet browser is attempting to access a domain defined as illegal in said country due to content, a so called “stop page” is displayed. Information about submitting complaints about the specific websites blocking is included on this page. Such complaints will be directed to the police in that specific country and will lead to the domain being re-checked and the blocking lifted or upheld. This functionality will deal with notifications between the Internet users and National Police. |
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 CIRCAMP and other Law enforcement agencies believe it is time to stop the use of the misleading term “Child Pornography” when describing images of the sexual abuse of children, and use a term or title that gives a better understanding of the crime and more respect to the child victims
A sexual image of a child is “abuse” or “exploitation” and should never be described as “pornography”. Pornography is a term used for adults engaging in consensual sexual acts distributed legally to the general public for their sexual pleasure. Child abuse images are not. They involve children who cannot and would not consent and who are victims of a crime.
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