[November 21, 2008] CTIA Supporting National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Tweet Nov 22, 2008 (10Meters.com via COMTEX) -- CTIA-The Wireless Association announced it has joined forces with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) to keep child pornography off of wireless networks. To accomplish this goal, CTIA and representatives from the wireless industry have created the Wireless Child Safety Task Force, whose mission is to help keep wireless devices and services free of child pornography. As a matter of course, wireless companies will continue to prohibit websites believed to contain child pornography from being hosted on their servers. Relying on the considerable expertise of both CTIA member companies and NCMEC, the Task Force will work to identify, review and support actions to further deter child pornography on wireless networks and services. This will include the exploration of solutions that can be lawfully executed while safeguarding consumer privacy. "The wireless industry will work diligently to keep this illegal content off its networks," said CTIA President and CEO Steve Largent. "We are proud to partner with the nation's leading child-protection organization in this fight against an insidious criminal activity and enterprise. We greatly value our relationship with NCMEC and look forward to working with them as they put their exceptional knowledge, advice and expertise to work for America's 265 million wireless subscribers." "Child pornography is not protected speech, it is child sexual abuse. Those who produce it, distribute it and even possess it commit a crime. Yet, with the advent of the Internet, child pornography has exploded. That is why we are so grateful for the leadership and vigilance of CTIA-The Wireless Association and the entire wireless industry. NCMEC and the wireless industry have worked together to reunite missing children with their families. Today, we take our next bold step together to keep every child safer," said NCMEC President and CEO Ernie Allen. Through the efforts of the Task Force, the wireless industry will expand its existing partnership with NCMEC. For more than three years, The Wireless Foundation has teamed with NCMEC and the U.S. Department of Justice to administer the Wireless AMBER Alerts program. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) http://www.10meters.com Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected] [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]