It took years but eventually the breakthrough came from them: the giants of Silicon Valley, the supporters of boundless freedom, the freedom of the Internet that can become dangerous, have officially declared war on child pornography online, announcing a system of blocking access. In this case, the freedom, to which no one wanted to give up, she bent to a cause far more important ideology of the Network and the sterile logic of competition.
The Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has announced the creation by a staff of 200 experts, some algorithms that can block in the search engine more than 100 thousand commonly used terms to find sexually explicit images of minors. Experienced in the UK, the system will be available within six months in 158 countries. A battle in which he joined another giant of Silicon Valley, Microsoft, which runs Bing, the search engine competitor to Google. The rivals, in short, they have created a common front, and perhaps this is a sign that something is really time for a change. IN ITALY“We can not help but be happy – says Barbara Forresi, psychologist , Coordinator of the Study Centre Telefono Azzurro – It’s a good thing that companies take action, but you can not download the problem only on them. It is essential that institutions also play their part. Only with prevention you can not really address the problem. ” Because, says Dr Forresi, the problem is deeper. It passes through the so-called “Sexting”: they are often children themselves to enter in Network their photos or those of peers, with the result of feeding the kinks of the great. And here also the photo sent to the boyfriend for fun can turn into a tragedy. “The kids do not realize the consequences. Cover up the traces from the Internet is not easy. ” And many times not just delete a photo to erase trauma. “The psychological damage is incalculable, especially for teenagers because the image is very important.” The helpline in recent years has had to equip to cope with emergencies caused by incorrect use of the Internet, and toll-free service has added the “Click and signals”, which last year came in 2197 reports.
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But that child pornography is a global problem. According to the UN, every day can be found online 750,000 pedophiles. A few days ago an international operation led by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police led to the arrest of 348 persons and the rescue of 386 children around the world. In Great Britain, then the public is particularly sensitive to the problem. Yesterday, Prime Minister David Cameron in Downing Street he met the heads of Google, Microsoft and other search engines at the Summit on Security for the Internet, announced the establishment of a task force between the British and American authorities to combat online child abuse. “It’s a big step forward – said Cameron, referring to the initiative of the company’s Mountain View and Redmond – But I will not be satisfied until it has been removed from the internet every image of child abuse, and all parents will be able to defend their children from pornography. “
Now it remains to be seen whether in the battle of the search engines you will also support the social networks, which are often the” environments “ideal for the bad guys. It is precisely through Facebook that occur most of the interactions between minors. And it is there that often act Predators, who hide behind false identities to create “traps”. From today, they will have to be more careful.
Andrea.andrei @ ilmessaggero.it
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