And finally… police in the U.S have arrested a convicted sex-offender after Google tipped off authorities… that he had child pornography on his computer.
Paul, out of the millions of people who use Google,.. how exactly were they able to catch this suspect?
Police in Houston, Texas, said the online search giant had notified… the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children… after detecting explicit pictures of a young girl in an e-mail… sent by John Henry Skillern… through his Gmail account.
The 41-year-old man has since been charged with possession of… and promoting child pornography.
U.S. federal law requires entities to report child exploitation when it’s spotted… but this development is raising privacy concerns.
Google defended its policy of electronically monitoring its users for child sexual abuse.
It explained that special technology is used… to attach a digital fingerprint to… and identify images such as children.
Google said its a common practice among Internet companies… and that no other criminal activity is targeted with this technology. Chery.
All right Paul,… thanks for the update. We’ll see you back… in just about two hours.
