Several Twitter accounts disabled over child abuse contentDecember 24, 2012 - 17:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Several private Twitter accounts have been disabled after they were revealed to contain indecent images of children, according to BBC News. Some hacking groups are claiming to have unmasked them, the NSPCC said. Members of the public have reported the accounts to Greater Manchester Police and North Yorkshire Police, while Ceop - the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre - says it is "aware". The NSPCC asked people to "be vigilant" and report such suspicious activity. Ceop - the policing unit dedicated to eradicating the sexual abuse of children - said it had had 25 to 30 reports of these accounts. A Ceop spokesman said Twitter had disabled the accounts and would be reporting the find to the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) - Ceop's U.S. equivalent - which as an American company it was legally required to. "NCMEC will forward the account details to law enforcement in the countries where the individual concerned is," he said. It is unclear whether the images were uploaded by a UK user, or a user based abroad. The NSPCC said the accounts were made public in the early hours of Monday, Dec 24. "To be honest, it's not a massive surprise. In our experience sex offenders will use whichever mean they can to connect with each other. They are usually quite devious," a spokesman said. He asked people to be vigilant. "It you see something, or are aware of something, you should report it." As for those people storing such content, Professor Alan Woodward, of the University of Surrey's department of computing, said they were increasingly using social media rather than computers. "If they use the web to keep any pictures then they will be able to claim it wasn't them. The weight of evidence isn't the same." Twitter is yet to comment. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | EU to provide budgetary support to Armenia The agreement is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the educational system of Armenia. Aliyev: No peace treaty unless Armenia changes constitution Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the latter changes its constitution, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. Azerbaijan proposes Armenia to jointly seek cancelation of Minak Group The Azerbaijani President maintained that the move will show “how sincere Armenia is.” Seven injured in massive gas station explosion in Armenia The Investigative Committee of Armenia has unveiled details about a massive explosion at a gas station on the Yerevan-Sevan highway. |