Child pornography

[Terry]

I don't know what's happening in U.K. at the moment but here in Oz numerous people have been caught and prosecuted lately for having in their possession, countless photos of nude children on their computers. It has caused such a furore that certain Councils are now putting in place by-laws to stop people from taking pics of kids at the beach and at swimming pools. Yes. It even includes parents who would like to take pics of their kids at such venues but can no longer do so. The whole thing stinks. One of these days the dipsticks who think of these things are just going to go too far.

[chav1]

its got so bad in the uk that if you take pics of your kids in the bath some photo developers will report you to the police

although its not illigal you will be investigated and treated like a peodophile

my mom has pictures of me and my brothers in the bath and i certainly know neither of my parents were peodophiles

[WillowTheWhisp]

You'd think the law would be able to make a distinction between child pornography and innocent photos of your own family but now proud parents can't even photograph their own children at school sports events etc.

Hasn't it always been the done thing to have a "naked baby" photo usually on a furry rug or in the bath and this is the one your parents always say they will show to your boyfriends when you get older?

I have photos of my kids and they find them very amusing. My parents had embarrassing photos of me, one in an enamelled basin which they used as a baby bath.

The really silly part is that the real paedophiles don't take their photos to Boots to be developed, they have digital cameras and video recorders and just download to their PCs so nobody knows what they've got anyway unless their PC is raided for some reason.

[mani]

i think whats more worrying is the popularity of digital camera's which cuts out the whole middle man

ontop of that new camera fones are just as good quality as camera's but far more portable...

[vorlon24]

That's technology for you.

Anyway, the improvements in technology aren't a problem, until it gets into the hands of someone who wants to use it for illegal means.

It's the same with anything though. Kitchen knives, for example are very handy things. We use them to chop things, to cut bread and general other boring kitcheny things.

The same knife in someone else's hands, has the capacity to kill someone. Is that the fault of the knife?

It's the same with the camera's that mani mentioned.

[garinda]

Julia Sommerville, the BBC news reader was arrested when she took photos of her children in the bath, to Boots a couple of years ago. Like other people said earlier, although sick, l don't think most child pornographers would be so stupid. At a tangent they're trying to ban mobile phones with cameras in Saudi Arabia, because men have been snapping women on the streets even though they were covered up. Technology, a long with everything else is open to abuse, but like us here, as also done a great deal of good things.

[KiTChener]

What about the 12yr old girl, from, I think, Millfield Public School, who took photos of herself, & sent them to her boyfriend, who subsequently sent them on to his mates...all via the aid of camera phones.

Technology has gone too far!!

[garinda]

Agreed, mobile phone technology is much more frightening. The abuse could be endless, changing rooms is just one instance where people have been snapped unaware & have been posted on the web.

[chav1]

Originally Posted by KiTChener

What about the 12yr old girl, from, I think, Millfield Public School, who took photos of herself, & sent them to her boyfriend, who subsequently sent them on to his mates...all via the aid of camera phones.

Technology has gone too far!!

technology is not at fault its te people who use it or allow their children to use it

ime not sure what kind of pictures this 12 year old sent to her boyfriend but if they were indecent ones its not the mobile phones fault its the parents fault for not embedding any moral codes of conduct into their child

personaly i think kids should not have mobiles theres a lot of covered up health issues caused by them and also gives a child way too much freedom

[garinda]

Quite right, if this girl was taking indecent pictures of herself, is it because technology has allowed her to do this? Or should her parents or guardians, have taught her more common sense. lt's like chat rooms, great idea, but just because they MAY be used for the wrong reasons should they be banned? Are we more aware of child abuse because it's increased, or are we be more educated because of high media coverage?

[entwisi]

She had taken nude photos of herself and sent them to the lad who then sent them around all his mates.

I agree it is a difficult line between the advantages that technology gives us and the harm it can do. We are in a situation where morals seem to be at an all time low. Decency seems to have gone out the window and yet nothing is our own fault. The world we live in is at a crossroads. Either we do something about it or those Judge Dredd cartoons of a controlling state are going to become the reality.

[garinda]

In this case someone has to take responsibility for this girls action. Millfield is one of the most expensive, [& liberal,] schools in the country. By the age of 12, you'd have thought she'd have more common sense. She made herself a victim, and her trust was abused, it's a very hard lesson too learn like that.

[WillowTheWhisp]

I suppose you could argue that without the modern technology a 12 year old girl wouldn't have had the facility to take such photos - but then again polaroids have been around for quite a while and who knows how many of those got passed around between boys? The internet just reaches a far wider audience.

[chav1]

if the technology hadnt been there for her to take nude pictures of her self she would probably have just invited him round to her place and showed him in person

this girl sounds like a natural born tart who will probably be pregnant by the age of 14 and ime betting her mobile phone will get blamed for that as well by her parents

[garinda]

l thought about polaroids, but like you say technology has made it so much easier, you don't need to buy film, or need anybody else to help you. l feel sorry for her; but old enough to do a daft thing like that in the first place, l think somebody should have taught her to be a bit less trusting.