Removal or blocking of child pornography on the Internet - questions & answers
12 July 2011, 22:33 CET
Child abusers and viewers of child sex images on the web would face tough penalties for abuse, exploitation and pornography offences under draft EU rules as agreed with Council representatives and approved by the Civil Liberties Committee on Tuesday. The rules would also require EU Member States to remove child porn web sites, or, failing that, make it possible to block access to them within their territory, if a Member State so decides.
The link address is: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/en/pressroom/content/20110711IPR23756/html/Child-sex-crimes-EP-to-crack-down-on-child-abusers-and-web-pornography