Although there has been a lot of talk and efforts by service providers and others over the past couple years, child pornography on the web is not going away. The ISPAI, which represents Internet Service Providers in Ireland, recently announced the number of sites concerning child pornography reported to it in 2007 increased almost 62 per cent compared to 2006. The service found that the majority of the reported sites are hosted in the USA and Russia. None were hosted in Ireland, it said.

The organization said not only does there seem to be more child pornography online, but - and this just makes you sick - it is getting “worse.” Analysts reportedly are finding more “extremely explicit” photos and videos of the rape and sexual abuse of children.

An ISPAI official said there were not that many complaints about illegal content on peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing services, but that does not mean these are not a problem. Just the opposite actually, the official stated. Some of the most disturbing material seen by analysts in 2007 was found on P2P services.

Robin

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