As trial begins, lawyer insists it's not Kelly in fuzzy, 'vile' sex tape
E! Online May 21, 08 6:37 AM CDT
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The kiddie-porn trial of R&B superstar R. Kelly kicked off yesterday with a viewing of the tape behind it all, E! Online reports. "You will see the sex acts he commands her to do—vile, disturbing, and disgusting sex acts that were choreographed, produced, and starred in by Robert Kelly," said the lead prosecutor before showing the 26-minute tape.
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Justices overturn ruling that measure was too broad
Los Angeles Times May 19, 08 12:11 PM CDT
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The Supreme Court today upheld a tough federal child pornography law in a 7-2 decision, the Los Angeles Times reports. The law makes it illegal to offer or seek child porn online, even if there is no actual pornography, or if the images are computer-generated rather than of actual children. The decision overturns an appeals-court ruling that the law infringed on free speech.
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Jury selection continues in child pornography trial
Chicago Sun-Times May 14, 08 3:13 PM CDT
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It seems Chicago cops are dead serious about keeping the media on a short leash during the R. Kelly child-pornography trial: Today, deputies rejected doughnuts from radio reporter Brendan Greeley, worried it could be interpreted as a sign of favoritism. Greeley was told he was “being a distraction” and threatened with the revocation of his media credentials, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
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Denies motion to postpone 6-year-old child-porn case
Chicago Tribune May 9, 08 2:07 PM CDT
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A Chicago judge today denied R. Kelly's attempt to further delay his child-pornography trial—already six years in the making—and began jury selection before recessing for the weekend, reports the Tribune in its gavel-to-gavel coverage. A circus atmosphere earlier prevailed outside the court, with fans and detractors of the R&B singer loudly heralding his arrival.
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Cops find child porn, boys' underwear in man's apartment
Associated Press May 9, 08 4:25 AM CDT
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An admitted New Jersey pedophile snared by a global Interpol appeal was an entertainer at children's parties and was dubbed one of the area's "best Santas," AP reports. Prosecutors say 58-year-old Wayne Anthony Corliss, who was arrested at his apartment, has admitted having sex with young boys in Thailand. Police have found boys' underwear and child pornography in his home, according to authorities.
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Site adds more than 40 new protective measures
Associated Press May 8, 08 4:42 PM CDT
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Facebook has implemented more than 40 additional measures to protect users from pedophiles and online bullying, the AP reports. The site now limits results for older users searching for minors, and has banned sex offenders from registering. "Building a safe and trusted online experience has been part of Facebook from its outset," said the site’s chief privacy officer.
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But public pinpoints
NJ man in only 2 days
ABC News May 8, 08 12:37 PM CDT
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It took the public two days to lead authorities to the Internet pedophile Interpol had been hunting since 2006, ABC News reports, with US authorities arresting Wayne Nelson Corliss, 59, early this morning in New Jersey. Police had been scouring the globe for a man seen abusing young boys in at least 800 photos circulating online.
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Watchdog calls for international body to wipe out 3,000 sites
BBC Apr 17, 08 5:44 AM CDT
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Britain's Internet Watch Foundation is calling for the creation of an international body to help stamp out internet sites profiting from images of child sex abuse, the BBC reports. There are nearly 3,000 such sites worldwide, a number that has stayed constant over the last three years as sites move from country to country to stay ahead of the law, according to the organization.
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Arrests made in US, UK and Australia after two-year probe
Guardian (UK) Mar 6, 08 11:00 AM CST
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Detectives coordinated by the FBI have busted a global pedophile ring and rescued eight children in the UK, reports the Guardian . Some 22 arrests have been made in the US, Britain and Australia, and 400,000 images of child abuse seized. Police, moving in after a two-year investigation, said the sex-abuse ring was one of the most sophisticated they have ever seen.
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OPINION
Privacy invasion, and Best Buy's response, appalling, scribe says
San Francisco Chronicle Feb 21, 08 12:06 PM CST
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No matter where you stand on pornography, Violet Blue writes in the San Francisco Chronicle , the theft of it from computers brought in for repair by Best Buy's Geek Squad is an appalling privacy violation—and the company's response isn't much better. After king Geek Robert Stephens brushed off a blog's investigation, Blue says he's overdue for a laundry list of disciplinary action.
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Pa. community reels from cyber-exposure
Morning Call Jan 25, 08 5:57 PM CST
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Pornographic cell phone pictures of students have been spreading like wildfire at and beyond Pennsylvania’s Parkland High School, the Morning Call reports. The images, two separate pictures of undressed girls and another of a couple making love, have apparently circulated widely. ''My boyfriend, who's not even in high school anymore, got the pictures at work,'' said one Parkland senior.
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An accused child pornographer has the right to keep his laptop password, and images, private
CNET Dec 15, 07 9:51 AM CST
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In what could turn out to be a landmark decision on computer privacy and Fifth Amendment rights against self incrimination, a federal judge in Vermont has ruled that a man accused of transporting child pornography across the US border with Canada can’t be forced to turn over his laptop password to prosecutors, reports CNET.
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Texas man shot self
as NBC sex predator sting closed in
Dallas Morning News Nov 27, 07 7:21 AM CST
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Texas investigators looking into the suicide of a former county district attorney found child porn in his home, reports the Dallas Morning News . He shot himself last year as a SWAT team closed in and a Dateline NBC camera crew covering internet predators waited outside. A search of laptops, a cell phone, and disks inside the home uncovered sexually explicit images of juveniles, police said.
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Young prostitutes
took mystic vows
BBC Oct 25, 07 6:09 PM CDT
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Dutch police have broken a child prostitution ring that used voodoo to control its young charges, authorities announced today. Authorities found missing Nigerian children prostituting themselves in France, Italy, and Spain, apparently obeying mystic vows given them by their kidnappers and voodoo shamans. Police have so far arrested dozens accused of smuggling the children into Western countries by abusing the asylum system.
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Judge says law intended to thwart child porn is too broad, violates free speech
Wired Oct 25, 07 12:53 AM CDT
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A federal appeals court threw a wrench today into the government’s efforts to stop child porn. The Cincinnati-based court struck down a 1998 law requiring porn producers to keep records of people depicted in their materials. The Justice Department argued the law helped authorities clamp down on kiddie porn, but the appeals judges ruled 2-1 that it trampled on first amendment rights.
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FBI focuses on extreme forms of porn, leaves $13B industry intact
Reuters Sep 19, 07 7:28 PM CDT
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Bush's vow to clamp down on porn has hardly dented the $13 billion industry, Reuters reports. Activists grumble that Bush hasn't followed in Reagan's footsteps and put distributors out of business - but pressing problems, like terrorism, have distracted the White House, and the FBI is prosecuting more extreme forms of pornography.
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