charities | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Mon, 30 Mar 2015 09:32:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png charities | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Charities call for change to police’s response to child abuse images https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/charities-call-for-change-to-polices-response-to-child-abuse-images/ https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/charities-call-for-change-to-polices-response-to-child-abuse-images/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2015 08:10:27 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=242634 Several prominent charities designed to combat child abuse have called on the government and police forces to change the way they respond to finding images of sexual or physical abuse against children. They also want to see it made possible for victims of abuse and their parents to be able to sue those found in …

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Several prominent charities designed to combat child abuse have called on the government and police forces to change the way they respond to finding images of sexual or physical abuse against children. They also want to see it made possible for victims of abuse and their parents to be able to sue those found in possession of images related to the crime.

The organisations behind the recommendation form part of the Children's Charities' Coalition on Internet Safety (CHIS), which includes groups such as Barnardo's, Kidscape, the NSPCC and Action for Children. Together they want to see the police's first response to the discovery of child abuse imagery, be to find the youngsters in the pictures and remove them from their abusive situation. If parents are not knowledgeable about the abuse, they should be informed, the charities say.

However they also want to open up those accused of being in possession of such images, to new legal ramifications. If found in possession of pictures of known victims, those children or their representative guardians should be able to sue the image holder, they said. This would also open up those abused internationally to seek compensation through English courts.

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Claire Lilley, NSPCC head of child safety online, said (via the Telegraph): “Any initiative that helps eradicate child abuse images is worth serious consideration. Financial compensation may go some way to helping the young victims rebuild their lives.”

One slightly more controversial recommendation as part of this move however, is that the CHIS wants to see financial service providers that allow pornographic websites without a decent age verification system, to be opened up to criminal action. Although arguably companies that provide such services should be aware of what sites they deal with, it's hard to imagine any website – pornographic or otherwise – with what could be described as a decent, or accurate age versification system.

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KitGuru Says: Although I doubt many will argue against harsher treatment for those found to posses child abuse images, it seems like looking to receive financial compensation may be drawing away focus from punishing and combating the worst aspect of the crime. 

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KitGuru Gaming – Weekly Round Up https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/raymond-daily/kitguru-gaming-weekly-round-up-7/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/raymond-daily/kitguru-gaming-weekly-round-up-7/#respond Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:03:20 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=75415 For those tech readers who don’t always get time to check out our game related content at Kitguru gaming – here is a round up of content published in the last week. “YOU Can Test Code for the US Pentagon on Your iPhone” Before long, a new spin will be put on social gaming…The Pentagon …

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For those tech readers who don’t always get time to check out our game related content at Kitguru gaming – here is a round up of content published in the last week.

“YOU Can Test Code for the US Pentagon on Your iPhone”

Before long, a new spin will be put on social gaming…The Pentagon itself is spending massive amounts of money ($32 million!) for universities, researchers, and game companies to develop games for casual players to test US weapons systems software, tracking bugs and other issues.  I’m speechless…

farmville YOU Can Test Code for the US Pentagon on Your iPhone

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“Video Games Benefiting Your Grandparents!”

Yes, you read the title correctly.  There are indeed video games that improve mental health for the older generation.  So get out the pocketbook and start buying video games for your grandparents!

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“Food and Cocktails from Video Games – Come Get Your Resident Evil ‘Brain Cake'”

Mario eats mushrooms, Yoshi spits out turtle shells, RPG characters consume potions and ethers.  Food has a magical purpose in video games – improving stamina, restoring health and even bringing people back from the dead.  To be honest, I never thought much about the food in video games.  I just took it for granted that mushrooms could make Mario grow bigger and Phoenix Downs could restore life.  There are people out there that take this concept to an extreme and actually create recipes inspired by the food in video games.

Resident Evil 5 Game Inspired Food Food and Cocktails from Video Games – Come Get Your Resident Evil “Brain Cake”

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“Rise in Obesity? Not with Current Video Games!”

Long gone are the days when all video games required sitting on the couch for hours upon hours.  Now we have the Wii, PlayStation Move, Xbox Kinect.  Video games are changing, the way we interact with games is changing.

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“Helping Charities by Gaming?! Score!”

We’ve all been there – fights with your parents/spouse/kids to turn off the video game.  After all, the world at large knows video games are just a waste of time…right?  So what if you had the opportunity to play video games and be able to say, “Yeah Mom, I played Zelda all day long…but I helped a bunch of hospitalized kids because of it.  So what did you do today?”  That’s a pretty sweet deal!

Super Mario World Helping Charities by Gaming?!  Score!


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