In message
<!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAAUTW79peA1xG9uwCAxwLTb8KAA
[log in to unmask]>, Tim Trent
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>I have a good friend who was abused as a child and photographs of that abuse
>appear on the internet. Part of his time he spends trying to track those
>pictures down. This means that he visits sites that would be considered by
>anyone not knowing why he goes there to be at best "Questionable".
More than "Questionable", they are illegal (if he finds the sites he's
apparently looking for). Your friend is likely to have a very great deal
of explaining to do if his activities come to the attention of law
enforcement. They are not at all happy about vigilantes, especially in
that field, and tend to take the attitude that you are guilty unless
proven innocent (which is broadly speaking what the recent Sexual
Offences Act has to say, too).
http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts2003/30042--b.htm#46
"The defendant is not guilty if he proves..."
(And will the court take the view that it is *necessary* for your friend
to be doing the police's work for them?)
--
Roland Perry
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
All archives of messages are stored permanently and are
available to the world wide web community at large at
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html
If you wish to leave this list please send the command
leave data-protection to [log in to unmask]
All user commands can be found at : -
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm
(all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
