New child porn law legally problematic

Friday 26 October 2007

Government plans to make viewing online child pornography a criminal offence are criticised by lawyers in today's Volkskrant.

The lawyers say the measure is purely 'symbolic' and will conflict with privacy regulations.

'We can find out who the owner of a computer is but can we prove that person is the one who has looked at the pictures?' one top criminologist asked.

© DutchNews.nl

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