UK’s Cameron warns search engines on child pornography

UK Prime Minister David Cameron warned search engines such as Google and Yahoo that his government would bring in legislation if they fail to hinder access to child pornography voluntarily by October. The threat of new laws was among measures to both crack down on online child pornography, while also making it harder for children to access explicit websites. The prime minister called on search engines to “stop offering up any returns” on searches for terms in an abuse blacklist to be prepared by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, a government agency. However, that approach – which would go further than many other European countries – raised immediate doubts.