The National Police Agency (NPA) will consider the introduction of new "blocking" measures against online child pornography, which will make certain Web sites inaccessible.
An NPA advisory council against online child pornography, led by Tokyo Metropolitan University Professor Masahide Maeda, has proposed to set up a group to monitor illegal and harmful Internet sites to prevent access.
The NPA will set up a committee consisting of providers and related government ministries and agencies as early as May to consider the introduction of the blocking measures.
In Japan, "filtering" measures are being implemented, such as those that let cell phone carriers shut down access to illegal and harmful sites. Requests to erase such entries have been made to site operators by the Internet Hotline Center, which consists of Internet providers. However, the council pointed out that the spread of online child pornography cannot be prevented only by current measures.
Mainichi
March 31, 2009
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