CONTENT OF THE MAPI REPORT
(You can download the report from this page)
Partie 1. Understanding
1.1. Child pornography
1.1.1. What is a child ?
1.1.2. What is child pornography ?Recommendations
* Concerning children's rights
* Concerning the legislation on child pornography1.2. The Internet
1.2.1. Background
1.2.2. Electronic mail
1.2.3. News, forums or discussion groupsa. Definition and background
b. Basic principlesb.1. From client to server
b.2. The hierarchy in discussion groups
b.3. The search for information in newsgroups1.2.4. The World Wide Web (WWW)
a. Definition and background
b. Basic principlesb.1. From client to server
b.2. Notions of page, hyperlink and hypertext
b.3. Creation and diffusion of pages
b.4. Search for information on the Web1.2.5. Bulletin Board System (BBS)
1.2.6. Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
1.2.7. Providers* Concerning research tools
Partie 2. In Depth
2.1. Child pornography on the Internet
2.1.1. Child pornography in the News
2.1.2. Child pornography on Web sites
2.1.3. Child pornography on the BBSs
2.1.4. Child pornography on IRCRecommendations
* Concerning the dilemma of control
* Concerning the role of contributing organizations2.2. The attitude of providers towards the question of paedophilia on the Internet
Introduction
2.2.1. Global results
2.2.2. Results in detaila. Monitoring the information on the server
b. Contract with the client
c. Code of ethics/rule of conduct
d. Bringing together providers in Belgium
e. Co-operation with the police or legal authorities2.2.3. An attempt to complement the survey
Recommendations
* Concerning the control exercised by providers
* Concerning the providers' responsibility
* Concerning client-provider contracts
* Concerning the codes of deontology and of ethics
* Concerning trade organization ISPA Belgium
Partie 3. Regulation
3.1. Some clues to a technical answer
3.1.1. Technical possibilities
a. News
a.1. For the creation of a new discussion group
a.2. For the creation of a new message and spreading of the message between servers
a.3. Reading of messages by the userb. World Wide Web
c. News and Web: the PICS system3.1.2. The limits of technical possibilities
Recommendations
* To access and service providers
* To the users of Internet services
* To public decision-makers
* Concerning the PICS standard3.2. Some clues to a legal answer
3.2.1. Belgian law
a. Basic principles
a.1. Criminal responsibility
a.2. Civil responsibilityb. Application of the law
b.1. The sender
b.2. The consumer
b.3. The access provider
b.4. The service provider (Web page hosting)
b.5. The telecommunications operator
b.6. Contributing organizations3.2.2. International law
a. Basic principles
a.1. Determination of applicable law
a.2. The enforcement of extraterritorial legal decisions and extraditionb. Application of the law
3.2.3. The limits of legal solutions
* Concerning Belgian law on access and service providers' responsibility
* Concerning Belgian law on criminal procedure
* Concerning international conventions
* Concerning contracts
* Concerning a possible standardization
* Concerning the creation of a network police
* To providers3.3. Self-regulation and ethical behaviour
3.3.1. Ethics, self-regulation and law
3.3.2. Participation in and public elaboration of self-regulation
3.3.3. European measuresRecommendations
* Concerning the notion of self-regulation
* Concerning the citizens' behaviour
Partie 4. Taking action
4.1. Helping to make other users aware
4.2. Reaction
4.2.1. Research
4.2.2. Multi-level action
4.2.3. Information
Partie 5. To think about ...
5.1. Instead of forbidding, let's try to refuse!
5.2. About freedoms
Annexe 1. Useful addresses
Annexe 2. List of the members of ISPA Belgium (20/11/96)
Annexe 3. Questionnaire to providers