Five major Internet service providers announced on Tuesday that they
have banded together to develop technological measures for detecting
users who deal in child pornography.
The companies have pledged a combined $1 million
in initial funding to the National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children (NCMEC) to create the Technology Coalition within the
non-profit organization. The group--which includes AOL, Yahoo!,
Microsoft, EarthLink and United Online--will research and develop
technological tools to combat child pornography, establish a database
of signature of illegal images, develop better law enforcement tools,
and investigate the tactics of child pornographers and people who
exchange images.
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