11/20/2013 11:48:00 pm
Let's Wage a War Against Pornography in Pakistan
Google and Microsoft unveiled measures to block online searches for
child sex abuse images on Monday as part of a bid by British authorities
to crackdown on Internet pedophiles.
The companies said as many
as 100,000 search terms will now fail to produce results and trigger
warnings that child abuse imagery is illegal while offering advice on
where to get help.
The world's two largest search engine
operators' move was a rare display of unity ahead of an Internet safety
summit on Monday hosted by Prime Minister David Cameron.
Cameron welcomed the progress to block illegal content but said far more still needed to be done.
"If
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