CHILD PORNOGRAPY: Abuse of Childrens Rights

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CHILD PORNOGRAPY Abuse of Childrens Rights
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What is Child Pornography

• Child pornography can be defined as sexually
  explicit reproductions of a child's image
  including sexually explicit photographs, slides,
  magazines, movies, videotapes and computer disks.
  

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What Has Child Pornography Become

• Child Pornography on the Internet has become an
  important issue recently because the Internet
  itself is developing so rapidly. In the last five
  years, it has gone from being an obscure resource
  used occasionally, mainly by academics, to being
  a mass medium used by 90 million people globally.
  And the figure is growing every month.

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How Does This Occur

• Technology now allows for the instantaneous
  electronic transmission of pictures over the
  internet.
• These pictures are converted or encoded to a
  binary format and sent in a similar manner as a
  text message.
• Once uploaded, the encoded binary message
  appears within the newsgroup
• Where it can be downloaded by any user

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What is Being Done

• The UN Convention on the Rights of the Children,
  which most governments in the world have signed
  and ratified.
• The Programme of Action, for the Prevention of
  the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and
  Child Pornography.
• Example Graham Fitchie