UK: INTERNET FILTERING PROGRAMS INEFFICIENT?
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Programs designed to prevent youngsters gaining access to unsuitable sites on the Internet have been criticised in a survey by the UK Consumers' Association magazine, Which?. A random study of 17 innocent and 23 potentially offensive sites found that the innocent sites were blocked by seven of the top filtering programs, while access was gained to the offensive sites. The survey discovered that filtering programs tended to adopt a US-style view of the world, with some blocking discussions concerning safer sex while also allowing sites promoting firearms to be accessed. With the number of web sites increasing at a rapid rate, the filtering programs are having problems keeping pace with changes.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2000
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UK COMPUTER CRIME SQUAD PLANNED BY GOVERNMENT
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UK Home Secretary, Jack Straw, has given chief constables and the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) GB[pound] 337,000 to draw up plans to set up a computer crime squad. The squad is being established in an effort to crack down on Cyber criminals who are using computers to spread pornography and information about paedophilia, as well as counterfeiters, hackers and fraudsters. Technical experts from the private sector, the police and the Inland Revenue as well as MI5 and Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ), will all be involved in the team, which will operate from NCIS in London and possibly Scotland Yard too.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2000
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UK: CRIME TARGET OF TAX REFORMS
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Organised crime in the UK is set to become a target of the Inland Revenue following government plans to introduce tax reforms. The proposals would give tax inspectors greater powers of investigation and allow them to pass sensitive information onto law enforcement agencies. Recommendations include taxing income from unidentifiable sources, the formation of a National Confiscation Agency as well as easier access to information on suspected ill gotten gains. The reforms form part of a new financial crimes bill.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2000
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