Posts Tagged child abuse
Real action for children
Posted by Annaliese Briggs in Family, Marriage and the Culture on 15/10/2010
On occasion, I arrived at school after the registration bell. My hair was a mess, my uniform rumpled and my lunchbox nearly empty. By today’s standards, I would have qualified as a neglected child.
MP wants to hobble a useful counter-measure to Identity theft
Posted by Nick Cowen in Civil Liberty, Crime on 23/07/2010
Geraint Davies MP wants to end the use of anonymous pre-paid credit cards on the grounds that they can be used to purchase child pornography. The problem with his suggestion is that it doesn’t take into account all the manifold legitimate uses of pre-paid credit cards. In fact, they might well be much more of a force for good, allowing vulnerable people, especially children, to protect their identity on the Internet.