Government Turnaround On Paedophile Entrapment
News Responding to Carol Vorderman's unprecedented attack on the government Tuesday for its apathy in protecting children online, Home Office minister Lord Bassam told ZDNet News that the government would now consider introducing entrapment procedures...
[January 30, 2001, 6:08]
Exclusive: Government Will Not Prioritise Paedophile Cases
News At the Internet Watch Foundation's (IWF) first parliamentary meeting in the House of Lords in January, Home Office minister Lord Bassam said policing of Internet paedophiles would be a "top priority" for the special unit.
[February 12, 2001, 11:52]
Straw Plans Net Paedophile Crackdown
News Home Office minister Lord Bassam will also be accompanying Straw. Announcing the summit last Tuesday during the release of a government-backed Internet Crime Forum Report (ICF), Bassam said: "We wish to set a challenge for the Internet industry to...
[March 28, 2001, 10:54]
Government Considering Chatroom Controls
News Methods could include improved supervision of chatrooms, and hotlines which a child could call if they feared they had been targeted online, explained Lord Bassam. The government is considering taking action to prevent Internet chatrooms being used...
[January 24, 2001, 11:37]
News Burst: Police Face Pirated Software Checks
News Junior Home Office minister Lord Bassam, in response to a Lords written question, explained that the Association of Police Chief Officers is to audit a sample of police IT equipment in an attempt to discover the extent of the problem.
[December 19, 2000, 8:19]
Rape Victim's Father Demands Paedophile Crackdown
News Home secretary Jack Straw and Home Office ministers Clarke and Lord Bassam had met Wednesday morning to discuss a paper submitted to the Home Office by Childnet International in which it recommended criminalising online grooming.
[March 1, 2001, 13:05]
Government Puts Onus For Chatroom Policing On ISPs
News We accept that there is a problem with legislation here, but it's too early to say whether we can match this concern, " said Home Office minister Lord Bassam in his presentation of the Chat Wise, Street Wise report.
[March 20, 2001, 15:15]
Home Office Web Site Adopts Adult Rating
News The Home Office has endorsed the ICRA system in the Internet Crime Forum report Chat Wise, Street Wise, and the new taskforce led by Home Office minister Lord Bassam has included it in its recommendations for improving child safety online.
[May 4, 2001, 10:06]
Police: Not Enough Evidence For Paedophile Crackdown
News At the Internet Watch Foundation's (IWF) first parliamentary meeting in the House of Lords in January, Home Office minister Lord Bassam said the policing of Internet paedophiles would be a "top priority" for the new High Tech Crime Unit due to...
[March 22, 2001, 11:25]
IWF Crackdown On Net Paedophiles Gets £100,000
News Home Office minister Lord Bassam challenged the Internet industry two weeks ago to make the UK the safest place in the world for children to go online. The UK's online pornography regulator the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) announced over £100...
[April 3, 2001, 15:13]
The Year Ahead: Is The Internet Becoming Safer For Children?
News The police, industry and children's charities agree that the situation is critical -- "we have almost got to the point where it is too late," admitted home office minister Lord Bassam earlier this year.
[January 1, 2002, 6:31]
