New curbs on internet paedophiles pledged (The Guardian)

[David Goldstein <goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au>]

For those interested in developments relating to the Net and the
British election, see below.

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David
New curbs on internet paedophiles pledged (The Guardian)
Straw's plans are inadequate, opposition parties claim 

Jack Straw yesterday committed Labour to fresh curbs on paedophile
activity by introducing stringent new regulations which 
would allow parents to restrict their children's internet surfing
habits - and impose prevention orders on known offenders who 
"groom" youngsters for potential exploitation in online chatrooms. 

But the home secretary's intervention on a hyper-sensitive topic
during the election campaign drew criticism from both left and 
right. Ann Wid decombe accused him of doing too little too late,
while the Liberal Democrats warned that many police forces 
lacked the IT resources to deal with computer-based crime which may
cross many jurisdictions.

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/election2001/story/0,9029,493743,00.html
 http://election.independent.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=73634
 http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,636-204691,00.html

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