Topic: Child Pornography

FBI Most Wanted: Bin Laden replaced by child porn suspect

FBI Most Wanted: No. 1 on the Top 10 FBI Most Wanted list is now Eric Toth, a former third-grade teacher in Washington, D.C. The FBI is offering $100,000 for information leading to Toth's arrest.

Encrypt your computer, get out of jail free? Not quite.

An appeals court ruled last week that in certain cases, handing over the password to an encrypted hard drive is a form of giving testimony, and is protected under the Fifth Amendment. But that doesn't mean criminals can use password protection to hide evidence -- decryption is only protected if prosecutors don't know what's on the drive.

Supreme Court refuses to resolve confusion over child pornography law

Federal courts have disagreed about how to enforce a law that requires people convicted of possessing child pornography to pay restitution to the victim, even if they didn't know the victim. But the Supreme Court refused to take up the case Monday. 

Child pornography: Former elementary-school prinicipal gets 30 years

Robert Burke of Dubuque, Iowa, admitted that he secretly set up a camera in the boys’ bathroom in his school to produce child pornography.

Feds bust online child-pornography ring that focused on young children

The online enterprise, known as Dreamboard, rewarded a participant with greater access to child pornography whenever that participant provided new images of sexual abuse of young children.

Web's identity crisis: Tool of freedom or repression?

From Twitter to WikiLeaks, we must balance openness and safety.

Moves to rein in child pornography meet resistance in Japan

Faced with mounting pressure, Japan’s government has been forced to confront the country’s huge market in child pornography, raising hopes for a ban on possession of the material. But there's plenty of resistance.

Boy Scout camp director nabbed in child pornography probe

A Michigan man who ran a Boy Scout camp and worked at a pool is alleged to have used his cellphone camera to covertly create video of young boys changing in the locker room. The case is part of a federal crackdown on child pornography.

Children's advocate decries Roman Polanski release

A Swiss judge's decision not to extradite director Roman Polanski to the US is 'disturbing,' says a leading children's advocate. The filmmaker had faced sentencing in a 1977 child sex case.

Microsoft helps spot child pornography on the Internet

Child porn too big for law enforcement? Microsoft steps in.

Microsoft donates technology and creates public awareness campaign to stamp out child porn online.

At Super Bowl, The Who's Townshend dogged by child-porn arrest

Child-advocacy groups in Florida are protesting Sunday's Super Bowl, saying the NFL was wrong to invite rocker Pete Townshend of The Who to perform at halftime. They cite his 2003 arrest for accessing child porn online. He urges critics to 'look at bit further' at his case.

Supreme Court rejects appeal in child pornography case

The Supreme Court Monday rejected an appeal to overturn a conviction for producing child pornography. The defendant argued that the images – of children's faces morphed on adults – did not involve sexual activity by minors and so were protected by the First Amendment.

Texas judge refuses bid to make child porn users pay damages

A federal judge in Texas Monday sentenced a man to two years in prison for possession of child porn, but refused to make him pay $3.4 million in restitution to the girl in the pictures. Prosecuting lawyers called the ruling a setback for victims of child porn.

A bold gambit to reduce demand for child porn

Federal prosecutors and a New York lawyer are persuading courts to order anyone caught with illicit images to pay financial restitution to child victims.

Gov't slams door on 'rogue' Internet provider, alleging criminal activity

'Sexting' overreach

Misguided teens who send racy pictures between cellphones should not be charged under child pornography laws.

Charges against 'sexting' teenagers highlight legal gaps

The growing trend of teenagers sending seminude photos of themselves over cellphone presents a dilemma to parents and schools.

The Internet Safety Act launches a new battle on privacy

Column: Children need to be protected online, but these new bills go too far.

ISPs take major step in curbing child porn

Three major firms agreed June 10 to purge images from their Web servers.

Ban upheld on offering child porn

The Supreme Court allows a 2003 law dealing with 'virtual' child porn that some thought was too broad.

Computers: An extension of ourselves?