AT&T, AOL Reach Agreement To Rid Child Porn
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AT&T, the nation’s largest Internet service provider, and AOL agreed today to purge their servers of child pornography websites, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced.The agreement comes after similar agreements were reached last month with Verizon, Sprint, and Time Warner Cable.
The sites have all agreed to rid their Internet files of child pornography and eliminate access to child pornography Newsgroups, social networking sites that Cuomo’s office found are major suppliers of illegal images.
Cuomo’s office also announced a new website that will provide details on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have signed agreements to wipe out access to child pornography on their servers and how to contact Web providers.
AT&T and AOL, the nation’s third largest Internet service provider, has already taken steps to rid their sites of the Newsgroups. Cuomo’s aides said.
“These agreements with two of the nation’s largest ISPs to eradicate child porn websites from their servers tighten the noose around this despicable trade,†Cuomo said.
Cuomo said his office conducted an eight-month investigation into child pornography on the Internet. The investigation found millions of illegal pictures and 88 different Newsgroups that contained a total of 11,390 sexually lewd photos.
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