CEOP Boss Resigns

[Dos_Box]

You can view the page at http://www.edugeek.net/content.php?r=203-CEOP-Boss-Resigns

[GrumbleDook]

This is very disappointing and raises a number of questions about the rule eSafety will have in the 'safety' bit of OFSTED inspections in future.

 

The movement of CEOP into the National Crime Agency does make some sense, but only in a reactive "let's catch those criminals" sense ... not in a crime prevention (teaching people to be safe) way.

 

Is eSafety yet another area that is embedded and no longer needs funding, just like technology in schools?

[joe90bass]

GD you've hit the nail on the head. The training and prevention work CEOP does is a key element of their work. If this goes the govt have made one massive error of judgement

[elsiegee40]

I am similarly aghast... while CEOP is heavily involved in the crime detection side, there is a huge crime prevention role... otherwise known as their outreach work. I shall be curious to find out what's said at my next training in a couple of week.s

[Dos_Box]

More from El Reg. Seems the 'industry' isn't lamenting his resignation:

 

Internet firms welcome CEOP chief's exit ? The Register

[beeswax]

The Register article is by it's very nature a summary, but it quotes LINX as saying

As figures show, ISPs have effectively eradicated child pornography hosted in the UK

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Though the eradication of child pornography is imortant, CEOP is about much more than this. Child protection covers many areas and it is to be hoped that the government and LINX recognize this.

[GrumbleDook]

I'm not surprised most are happy to see him go ... he challenged them to justify their actions on many occasions, especially those times when companies put profit over the safety of children and vulnerable young adults. What some saw as empire building, other saw as stopping duplication and getting things under one roof. What some saw as bullying of commercial companies others saw as an evangelist forcing companies to take a hard look at their moral stance.

 

In a job like that you are going to make enemies ... with both criminals and companies you are butting heads with. The independence of political position also meant it was very difficult for some companies to use MPs and Govt departments to use politics to steer it away from tricky discussions.