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[ NNSquad ] [EuroISPA Council] [Safer Internet] S&D official position against blocking]
-------- Original Message -------- > *Da: *"Eva McKeown" <Eva@political-intelligence.com > <mailto:Eva@political-intelligence.com>> > *Data: *14 febbraio 2011 18.24.14 GMT+01.00 > *A: *"Council EuroISPA" <council@euroispa.eu <mailto:council@euroispa.eu>> > *Oggetto: **[EuroISPA Council] [Safer Internet] S&D official position > against blocking* > > Dear All, > > Secretariat has contributed in shaping the position of the Socialists > and Democrats Group (S&D) in the European Parliament which has > ultimately led to the official position conveyed in a press > release: *“CHILD PORN WEBSITE MUST BE ERASED, NOT BLOCKED” *published > today - see* *below. > > This could serve as a useful document in your national lobbying > actions with Socialist members of Parliament. > > Also, the press release has been issued at a timely moment since the > main committee is voting on the Child sexual exploitation report tonight. > > Feel free to contact us if you have any questions. > > Best regards, > > Eva > > * * > * * > > Text Box: > > *News from the* > > *Group of the Progressive Alliance of* > * * > > *Socialists **&** Democrats* > * * > > *in the European Parliament* > > > 14-02-2011 > > > > Contact: ALBERTI Paolo > > 0476 955 144 > > www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu <http://www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu> > > * * > * * > *CHILD PORN WEBSITE MUST BE ERASED, NOT BLOCKED* > * * > * * > The European Parliament committee on civil liberties, justice and home > affairs will vote tonight in Strasbourg on a controversial directive > to strengthen the fight against online child pornography. > > S&D spokesperson Claude Moraes said: > > "We all want to tackle and prevent sexual exploitation of children. > The key question, however, is 'what is the best solution'? > > "Some EU countries have introduced a system to block the users' access > to suspect websites. > > "Unfortunately, however, this system is not 100 per cent safe as these > blocks can be easily by-passed or foiled through others web links. > This is what already happens, for example, for illegal downloading of > music. > > "Moreover, blocking images on websites doesn't mean blocking > paedophiles or child pornographers, as they would be free to carry on > their illegal activity somewhere else. > > "We need to get to the very root of this tragic problem and not just > to stop at the surface. > > "The real fight is to erase child porn websites not just to try to put > obstacles in place. Almost 90 per cent of these websites are hosted in > the US. EU countries must, therefore, reinforce their police > cooperation and put pressure on the US authorities to prosecute these > pornographers and shut their websites down". > > end. > > > Eva McKeown > Secretariat > *EuroISPA - European Internet Services Providers Association * > Rue Montoyer 39 > 1000 Brussels > T: +32 (0)2 503.22.65 > F: +32 (0)2 503.42.95 > www.euroispa.org <http://www.euroispa.org/> > > *EuroISPA is the world's largest association of Internet Services > Providers, representing over 1700 ISPs across Europe.* > > > _______________________________________________ > Eispa_mem mailing list > Eispa_mem@mailman.sil.at <mailto:Eispa_mem@mailman.sil.at> > http://mailman.sil.at/mailman/listinfo/eispa_mem ----- End forwarded message -----