Online Industry to Police Child Porn, Gore Says

Almost like cyber-cops, the online industry will report child pornography to law enforcement officials, Vice President Al Gore announced Tuesday at a conference on ways to make the Internet a safer place for children.

Industry groups covering 95% of home Internet users will help enforce existing laws against child pornography, Gore said.

Under the policy, Internet providers would remove child pornography from their own bulletin boards and services, said Donna Rice Hughes, a spokeswoman for Enough Is Enough, an advocacy group trying to get child pornography off the World Wide Web.

Gore also talked about the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s toll-free hotline to report incidents of child sexual exploitation, including child pornography, online.

Together, these two initiatives will make a big difference in the ability of parents and law enforcers to work together to keep children safe on the Internet, Gore said.