UK police chief: Shut down 'abhorrent' Web sites
Found on ZD News on Tuesday, 24 February 2004
The most senior officer from the UK's Hi-Tech Crime Unit has called for Web sites devoted to subjects such as cannibalism and necrophilia to be closed down, claiming they contribute to Internet criminality.
Detective chief superintendent Len Hynds, who is the head of Britain's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU), said on Tuesday that the most vulnerable people in society need to be protected from corrupting influences.
According to Hynds, Web sites devoted to such extreme material are the online equivalent of graffiti and litter. He believes that taking a zero tolerance on this kind of content could make the Internet a more law-abiding place.
I'm sure Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, some governments and most other criminals are surfing the whole day, looking for new ideas. But yes, we need protection: the Internet needs to be protected from corrupting influences like Len Hynds. His stupid ideas remind me too much of Fahrenheit 451.