Easynet Denies Child Porn Allegations

from the craziness dept

Easynet, which apparently has nothing to do with EasyGroup or the EasyInternetCafes from the story beneath this one, has responded to claims that they're peddling child pornography. In an article this weekend, investigative reporters who clearly had (1) too much time on their hands and (2) no idea how the internet works, accused the company of "peddling" child pornography, because people using their service could, possibly, access usenet groups that serve up child porn. Once again, as a public service, we'd like to remind people that ISPs and the like simply provide access. Again, if you took what the reporters said seriously, the entire internet would be "peddling child porn". There is a huge difference between those who provide the access, and those who provide the content. I'm not sure why it's so difficult to get so many heads around this concept.