Providers Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable reached an agreement with the Attorney General of New York, Andrew Cuomo, providing Internet users block access to child pornography.
As reported by The New York Times, the company Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable will restrict access to websites and newsgroups Usenet, containing pornographic material involving minors. Usenet, recall, is a popular computer network, which users can communicate with each other and share files. Usenet system was developed by Duke University ( NC, USA) and first appeared in 1980. Messages in Usenet are organized into thematic categories - the so-called news groups, which form a hierarchy similar to the structure of domain names.
The agreement between the providers and the public prosecutor, Andrew Cuomo would affect not only the residents of New York, but also Internet users throughout the United States. Moreover, in the long term can lead to support other companies that provide Internet access services.
It is noted that U.S. providers were initially against the blocking material on the web, emphasizing that can not be held liable for the actions of Internet users. However, after the State Attorney of New York threatened to push against the provider charges of fraud and the use of unfair methods of doing business, the company agreed to cooperate.
By the way, it's worth noting that recently, Google has released a special tool that allows you to keep track of people interested in child pornography, as well as to identify such materials. It is expected that with the new software package, law enforcement officials will be able to recognize specific objects in images and then use this information to search for pedophile.
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