Children’s Privacy Debate

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Department: Home Office
Tuesday 6th January 2015

(9 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Bates Portrait Lord Bates
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The noble Lord puts his finger absolutely on the point, which is the difference between images—which is the context of the campaign, as I understand it—and the identification attached to an image of a child, which requires consent. That is the area of balance and the area of debate that we are seeking to square in this.

Countess of Mar Portrait The Countess of Mar (CB)
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My Lords, does self-regulation apply to internet service providers?

Lord Bates Portrait Lord Bates
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The We Protect campaign, which the Prime Minister launched and which is chaired very effectively by my noble friend Lady Shields, is about self-regulation. It announced a major breakthrough just before Christmas about internet service providers seeking to remove child abuse images from the internet, identify abusers and ensure that they are brought to justice.