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Child pornography on the internet and policy questions. The Greek case
Panayiota Tsatsou
Communication Issues Journal, Volume: 6, Issue: 11
Swansea University Author: Panayiota Tsatsou
Abstract
One of the risks that have acquired a particular importance on the public agenda about the risks and opportunities for children who use the Internet is that concerning the existence of child pornographic content on the internet. This paper examines the risk of child pornography on the internet and l...
| Published in: | Communication Issues Journal |
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Athens
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
2010
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa12950 |
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One of the risks that have acquired a particular importance on the public agenda about the risks and opportunities for children who use the Internet is that concerning the existence of child pornographic content on the internet. This paper examines the risk of child pornography on the internet and looks at questions and challenges arising for policy-makers in Greece. Although Greece is a long-standing EU member state, it has one of the lowest penetration rates of internet and new technologies in Europe. Also, in Greece there is a lack of research data on children’s use of the internet, as well as divergence from other EU member states with respect to parents’ assessment of online risks for children and the relevant rules set in the household. These particularities, as well as the fact that child pornography makes headlines in the Greek media and propagates a rhetoric of moral panic about the internet, pose serious challenges for the ways in which policy and regulation in the field respond as appropriate. This paper critically assesses the policy and regulatory frameworks in Greece. It points to the reactive character of Internet policies and the fragmentary and penal character of Internet regulations in the country, while highlighting the gaps in public awareness of Greek society about online child pornography. |
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In Greek |
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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
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11 |