AT&T and AOL have joined the New York attorney general to eliminate access to Internet newsgroups where child pornography is posted. They also pledged to purge their servers of child porn Web sites.
Last month, Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable announced they would block child porn.
Pat Truman, special counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, said he is happy to see the major Internet service providers (ISPs) finally get on board.
“They should have been blocking child pornography from the beginning," he said. "It is their responsibility. And now that some have decided to block child pornography sites, the pressure's on the others because no one wants to be known as the ISP that supports child pornography.”
Rich Schatz, president of the National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Families, said the fight against child porn must be a team effort.
“It’s a three-legged stool," he said. "There’s a responsibility for government and for law enforcement, a responsibility for parents, grandparents, and there is a responsibility for industry.”
