The Prime Minister said search engines should adopt the same approach they do to online child abuse - blocking key terms and reporting those who use them
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Google must join the fight against terror by reporting potential jihadis to the cops, David Cameron said today.
The PM said internet search engines should deal with terror threats in the same way as online child abuse, by blocking key terms and reporting the people who use them.
“They are different subjects, but sometimes the same techniques will apply,” Mr Cameron said.
“Just as the internet companies said they will not return search items for disgusting child abuse terms, so I think there is a role for internet companies to try and work out, where people are obviously plotting terrorism online, that it is blocked and (they) feel a social responsibility to report.”
Last month it emerged one of the crazed killers of Fusilier Lee Rigby had revealed his plans beforehand on Facebook.
Relatives said the social network had “blood on its hands” for failing to report him to the police.
Mr Cameron insisted people should treat online chats in the same way as a conversation they might overhear in the pub.
“If someone is sitting in your pub plotting a bomb attack, I think the public would feel some moral obligation to tell someone, to prevent loss of life,” the PM said.
“I know it’s more complicated running an online chat room than a pub, but it’s the principle we should apply.
“(We must) try and apply the principle of common sense, decency, moral responsibility to the internet.”
Mr Cameron was speaking at a major summit on online child abuse where he announced a raft of new measures to deal with online paedophiles.
He warned that online child abuse is happening on “an industrial scale”.
A new law will ban adults from sending any “sexual communication” to a child, including texts, emails or online chats which ask for sexual images.
Cops and spooks will be given extra cash to hunt down paedophiles on the hidden ‘dark net’, while internet firms will use new systems to block vile images and videos.
But the PM admitted parents still face a battle to keep their kids safe because they struggle to keep up with modern technology.
“The difficulty in being a parent today is the threats are evolving,” he said.
“When I grew up, the question was - can you help Dad to work the Betamax video recorder?
“Now you’ve got tablets, iPads, iPhones, (Nintendo) DSs.
“You’ve got so many different devices in the house and so you’ve got a whole set of new things you need to do to try and make sure your children are safe.”
The PM said schools must do more to help parents understand the threat their kids face.
“Government must play its part, but in the end parents and children have to talk to each other about internet use and staying safe online,” he said.
“But that is difficult for parents because we’re still learning a lot about the internet ourselves.
“So I think there is a huge role for schools and organisations helping explain in schools about how to safe.
“And that’s information that’s important for parents as well as children.”
The PM said internet search engines should deal with terror threats in the same way as online child abuse, by blocking key terms and reporting the people who use them.
“They are different subjects, but sometimes the same techniques will apply,” Mr Cameron said.
“Just as the internet companies said they will not return search items for disgusting child abuse terms, so I think there is a role for internet companies to try and work out, where people are obviously plotting terrorism online, that it is blocked and (they) feel a social responsibility to report.”
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Relatives said the social network had “blood on its hands” for failing to report him to the police.
Mr Cameron insisted people should treat online chats in the same way as a conversation they might overhear in the pub.
“If someone is sitting in your pub plotting a bomb attack, I think the public would feel some moral obligation to tell someone, to prevent loss of life,” the PM said.
“I know it’s more complicated running an online chat room than a pub, but it’s the principle we should apply.
“(We must) try and apply the principle of common sense, decency, moral responsibility to the internet.”
Mr Cameron was speaking at a major summit on online child abuse where he announced a raft of new measures to deal with online paedophiles.
He warned that online child abuse is happening on “an industrial scale”.
A new law will ban adults from sending any “sexual communication” to a child, including texts, emails or online chats which ask for sexual images.
Cops and spooks will be given extra cash to hunt down paedophiles on the hidden ‘dark net’, while internet firms will use new systems to block vile images and videos.
But the PM admitted parents still face a battle to keep their kids safe because they struggle to keep up with modern technology.
“The difficulty in being a parent today is the threats are evolving,” he said.
“When I grew up, the question was - can you help Dad to work the Betamax video recorder?
“Now you’ve got tablets, iPads, iPhones, (Nintendo) DSs.
“You’ve got so many different devices in the house and so you’ve got a whole set of new things you need to do to try and make sure your children are safe.”
The PM said schools must do more to help parents understand the threat their kids face.
“Government must play its part, but in the end parents and children have to talk to each other about internet use and staying safe online,” he said.
“But that is difficult for parents because we’re still learning a lot about the internet ourselves.
“So I think there is a huge role for schools and organisations helping explain in schools about how to safe.
“And that’s information that’s important for parents as well as children.”
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