Author Archives: John Carr

About John Carr

John Carr is a member of the Executive Board of the UK Council on Child Internet Safety, the British Government's principal advisory body for online safety and security for children and young people. Amongst other things he is or has been a Senior Expert Adviser to the United Nations, ITU, the European Union, a member of the Executive Board of the European NGO Alliance for Child Safety Online, Secretary of the UK's Children's Charities' Coalition on Internet Safety. John has advised many of the world's largest internet companies on online child safety. In June, 2012, John was a appointed a Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science. More: http://johncarrcv.blogspot.com

Public WiFi and politics

Posted on May 8, 2013

  It is two weeks and a day since Mr Cameron disclosed to the Daily Telegraph that he wanted to ensure, where internet access was being made available via WiFi in public spaces, the WiFi provider would take steps to … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Age verification, Consent, Default settings, Internet governance, Mobile phones, Pornography, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation

Market by market

Posted on May 2, 2013

  There are a number of corporate standards which one would expect every reputable business to adhere to irrespective of where in the world they operate. For example I doubt a company like Microsoft is likely to announce any time … Continue reading →

Posted in Age verification, Consent, Default settings, Internet governance, Pornography, Self-regulation

The Prime Minister, Starbucks, Edelman and two bits of good news

Posted on April 28, 2013

  It’s not every morning you wake up to find yourself on the front page of a major national newspaper sharing a slot with your country’s Prime Minister. That’s what’s happened to me last Wednesday. The media focus was on … Continue reading →

Posted in Age verification, Default settings, E-commerce, Internet governance, Pornography, Regulation, Self-regulation

Shocking news from Holland

Posted on April 21, 2013

  The International Association of Internet Hotlines, INHOPE, does invaluable work in the fight against online child abuse material. It coordinates the activity of 43 member hotlines in 37 countries worldwide. Historically where INHOPE was not so good was in publishing reliable … Continue reading →

Posted in Child abuse images, Default settings, Internet governance, Regulation, Self-regulation

Giving “cloud computing” a whole new meaning

Posted on April 8, 2013

  Amazon is one of the world’s largest suppliers of cloud computing services. Hundreds of thousands of businesses, big and small from all over the world, use Amazon as the backbone of their own individual enterprises. Amazon’s business is itself firmly … Continue reading →

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Still a lot to do

Posted on April 3, 2013

  The International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC) is rightly recognised across the world as being a unique and a key player in the online child protection space. Based in Alexandria, Virginia, within sight of Washington DC it … Continue reading →

Posted in Child abuse images, Pornography, Regulation, Self-regulation

Crap Apple

Posted on March 28, 2013

  In Britain we have a breed of small, wild apples which tend to have extremely sharp flavours. They are called “crab apples”. I have just had a run in with the other Apple. It left a bitter taste in … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple

Starbucks – porn providers to the world

Posted on March 18, 2013

  WiFi access is available in every Starbucks coffee shop in the UK. BT is the WiFi supplier. Until recently Starbucks UK applied no restrictions to their WiFi connection. This meant the company was providing access to every kind of … Continue reading →

Posted in Default settings, Internet governance, Pornography, Regulation, Self-regulation

Nudge nudge

Posted on March 12, 2013

  Loft insulation makes huge sense. The subsidies provided by Government mean that within sixteen weeks of installation it has paid for itself and thereafter you save money every month. Then there’s the little matter of helping preserve life on … Continue reading →

Posted in Default settings, Internet governance, Regulation, Self-regulation

Big Brother in your pocket

Posted on March 3, 2013

  The American Association for the Advancement of Science met in Boston last week to survey and discuss, erm, the advancement of science. Lots of interesting stuff going on with the boys and girls in white coats. One particular piece … Continue reading →

Posted in Consent, Default settings, E-commerce, Internet governance, Location, Mobile phones, Pornography, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation