Some Internet providers to block child pornography

Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable have agreed with New York state officials to block access to child pornography disseminated through some of the tens of thousands of newsgroups and user groups available on their services, according to AP.

 

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday the Internet service providers will block child pornography on the sites, which are designed for private communications between users sharing an interest and are difficult to police because of their numbers and privacy concerns, according to AP.

 

The companies also agreed to eliminate the material from their servers and will pay $1.125 million to help fund efforts to remove child porn from the Internet, according to the report.