BERLIN – The German cabinet backed a new draft law yesterday that would make it harder to access child pornography online and easier to prosecute those who use it.
The bill will oblige Internet providers to block access to child porn sites by installing a ‘stop’ sign when people try to enter them, the German ministries for justice, families and the economy said in a joint news conference.
Critics of the law, which is due to come into effect before a federal election in September, say the blocks can easily be circumvented and fail to address the root of the problem.
In Germany, up to 450,000 attempts to access child porn could be prevented each year this way, Guttenberg told yesterday’s edition of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung daily.
– Nampa-Reuters
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