Saying that e-mail reporting of suspect child pornography Websites hampers more than helps their effectiveness, Adult Sites Against Child Pornography is urging those who want to report such sites to use their online reporting system form.
“Our new reporting system is designed to perform many functions that allow us to filter, track, investigate, respond and database reports on an ongoing basis," said ASACP site reviewer Tim Henning July 14. "This system has vastly improved our abilities and speed in dealing with reports efficiently and thereby getting the information to authorities as quickly as possible.”
ASACP also said they're getting requests for copies of previous reports on suspect child porn sites, requests the group said are not possible to satisfy.
“As explained on the FAQ page, all reports are anonymous," said executive director Joan Irvine. "So that those who report sites and leave a valid return email address for feedback purposes are protected. We do not disclose information regarding email addresses, reports or on going investigations to the public. If you need such information for a legal case, ASACP would need to be provided with the necessary legal documentation, court order, subpoena, etc."
ASACP received five thousand reports in June which led to over 240 suspect child porn sites reported to the FBI, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, and various European child safety and child porn hotlines. But the group said the recent increase of reporting seems to have leveled off somewhat for summer.
In other news on the fight against child porn:
ASTI, ITALY– A major child porn ring is said to have been fractured, with 912 people now said to be under investigation by the Asti Carabinieri, which also turned up 512 computers seized in raids on a reported 462 homes in 48 provinces. This ring is said to have passed material though various Internet sources including, allegedly, peer-to-peer network KaZaA.
EASTON, PA.– A Northampton County man faces a maximum 24 years behind bars after pleading guilty July 13 to three counts of sexual abuse of children, one count sending a child porn image over the Internet, one for possessing a child porn image on his computer, and one for filming a young girl undressing. Joseph Eisenhauer admitted he shot film outside the girl's window without her knowing it.
VIENNA –A child porn and sex scandal could finish an Austrian bishop, whom the Archdiocese of Vienna is urging the Vatican to can over the seminary the bishop oversees – a seminary where priesthood candidates are said to hoard child porn and images of themselves kissing and fondling each other. The bishop, Rev. Kurt Krenn, has called the photos "schoolboy pranks" and said critics exaggerated the case. Hard drives on computers seized from the seminary were said to turn up about 40,000 images including child porn and other sex games among young seminarians.
