Online porn is on the rise, persists on the Web, and half of it comes from the US, according to the BBC, referencing a paper by the British Internet Watch Foundation.
One of the IWF's key points is archival. Reversing the usual preservation problem of the Web, wherein pages disappear and URLs break, the report finds pedophilic content stays alive for years. The Internet Archive is not mentioned.
Neither is Flickr, at least, not by name. But there's a tantalizing Web 2.0 probe here:
The first half of 2006 also showed online photo album services are being used for posting images of child abuse and an emerging trend for the distribution of child abuse videos online.
I haven't seen the IWF before. It sports a list of prominent businesses as members, including Google, AOL, and various mobile companies.
(thanks to Allan Tierney)
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