Cutting kids off from the dark web – the solution can only ever be social

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Expert weighs in after Brianna Ghey murder amid worrying rates of child cybercrime

Ciaran Martin, the National Cyber Security Centre's first CEO and current Oxford University professor, weighed into the discussion on Thursday, saying that there is no single technology-based solution and that there should be a greater focus on the dark web in the country's schools.

"There are technological limitations. So if you said, for example, 'just block access to dark web browsers,' that's not really possible in the way that the UK internet works because communication service providers – if you're using one of these things – won't know what your IP address is.He went on to highlight the UK's strict rules around hosting and propagating harmful content online, such as terrorist material, that are already in place.

"So parents will need to be asking their children if they know what the dark web is and if they're using it. They could be searching devices for Tor. We educate children in schools about sharing indecent images when they're underage, we should be educating them about the dark web as well. It's a really complicated problem with no single tech solution."The fact that it's also used for benign and legitimate reasons also presents an argument to not limit its availability.

For gamers, even buying a skin for their in-game character using their parents' saved credit card details without consent would be a violation of the CMA. Using off-the-shelf tools to performBeing found guilty under the CMA can have serious consequences for young offenders that could impact their employability in later life by having a criminal record or being expelled from school, or both.

 

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