Interesting article in Red Herring that was brought to my attention by my colleague Brian Gordon.
The article cites U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales saying that:
Internet service providers aren’t doing enough to fight the child pornography traded and sold over their networks
The article says that he plans to introduce legislation to get US ISPs to crack down on such illegal content. We have been concerned about this for some time and have suggested that ISPs need to do more than simply support end-user education and blocking tools.
In our view, it isn’t enough for ISPs to wash their hands after simply chasing the content off Canadian servers. We are looking at this issue in greater depth in a special session on June 12, to be moderated by Hank Intven [from the Telecom Policy Review panel] at The Canadian Telecom Summit. You can read more about this session by searching some of my earlier postings.