USA: Internet
Hugo Swire MP: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the United States authorities to create a central list of internet service providers to assist arrangements for the speedy removal of websites containing images of child abuse. [189331]
Rt Hon Bill Rammell, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: The US National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) collates reports of child sexual abuse imagery, and works closely with US law enforcement and US internet service providers to close down sites in the US. The Government, and UK law enforcement agencies, work closely with their US counterparts to tackle online images of child sexual abuse. The UK and US also work together through the G8 and other fora to tackle this issue.
Source: Hansard 17 November 2008 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm081117/text/81117w0046.htm#08111823000055
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