Senate Commerce Leader Praises Child Safety Effort
Senate Commerce Committee ranking member Kay Bailey Hutchison on Monday praised the U.S. wireless industry for partnering with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to combat child pornography. Trade group CTIA's Wireless Child Safety Task Force, which was announced earlier in the day, is specifically directed at keeping wireless devices free from the illegal content and barring Web sites that contain the material from being hosted on their servers.
The group will work with NCMEC to "identify, review and support actions to further deter child pornography" and explore solutions that can be lawfully executed while safeguarding consumer privacy, officials said. "Wireless devices have become an important tool for many Americans and it is critical that this new partnership takes an aggressive approach to stop the spread of child pornography on wireless systems," Hutchison said in a statement.
CTIA President Steve Largent noted that innovative wireless firms "are always changing and always evolving to meet the demands of their customers" and in order to combat unlawful activity, they fully intend to "channel the same dynamic spirit and energy" into protecting America’s youth. The campaign comes on the heels of considerable attention to online child protection in the 110th Congress. Read more about the effort here.
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