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| Hannalee |
Those of you that have been following the current case involving Pete will be aware he had stated that he had been in contact with the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) regarding his concerns over child pornography on the Internet. At the time the story first broke the IWF denied that they had in fact heard from Pete. They have now admitted that they did in fact have communication with Pete on a number of occasions.
This is the remit of the IWF (taken from their website http://www.iwf.org.uk )
'The Internet Watch Foundation works in partnership with ISPs, Telcos, Mobile Operators, Software Providers, Police and Government, to minimise the availability of illegal Internet content particularly child abuse images. Our Internet Hotline can deal with reports of potentially illegal Internet content, such as websites, newsgroups and online groups that:
Contain images of child abuse, anywhere in the world.
Contain adult material that potentially breaches the Obscene Publications Act in the UK.
Contain criminally racist material in the UK.'
As you can see the IWF was the correct body for Pete to approach but since some of the media have reported the fact that the IWF denied receiving any communication from him we thought it was important that this updated information was published.
In response to this information Pete has said :
"You may recall that among the media frenzy of a couple of weeks ago, representatives of the Internet Watch Foundation told the press and the news stations that they had never heard from me. I, of course, know that I did communicate with them several times last year and they have now supplied to us copies of my e-mails to them, one in August and the rest in November. My lawyers have written to the Founder of the IWF, Mark Stephens, who was adamant that they had never heard from me, asking for an explanation."
From Pete's official site
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| Rags |
New proof 'clears Townshend'
This Is London
By Graham Keeley Crime Reporter, Evening Standard
29 January 2003
http://www.thisislondon.com/news/articles/3132507?source=EveningStandard
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| W Randolph Hearst |
here's the article - I figured as much - it's pretty sad that they did this to him:
New proof 'clears Townshend'
By Graham Keeley Crime Reporter, Evening Standard
29 January 2003
Pete Townshend today claimed he could prove his claim that he viewed child pornography on the internet for research purposes.
When Townshend, 57, a father-of-three, was arrested by police investigating internet porn he insisted he was not a paedophile but had accessed the site as part of his campaign against child abuse.
To back his claim he said he had lodged three complaints about the website he had viewed in emails to the Internet-Watch Foundation (IWF), a charity which tries to close down depraved sites. At the time the IWF claimed it had no knowledge of the emails.
Today Townshend said the IWF now admitted he had contacted them. His website said: "At the time the story first broke the IWF denied that they had in fact heard from Pete. They have now admitted that they did in fact have communication with Pete on a number of occasions."
Townshend himself added on his website: "I, of course, know that I did communicate with them several times last year and they have now supplied to us copies of my emails to them.
"My lawyers have written to the founder of the IWF, Mark Stephens, who was adamant that they had never heard from me, asking for an explanation."
IWF refused to comment and Mr Stephens was unavailable for comment.
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| egon |
funny how the media works though.
"PETE ARRESTED FOR CHILPORN!!!!!"
"pete cleared."
somehow it doesn't seem to have the same impact
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| Rags |
That's the sad part about this whole media frenzy. The positive press won't get the same coverage and hype that the previous accusations did. That's why we need to get the word out. Many fans are contacting the media to demand that Pete's name is cleared by reporting on the recent developments in the case. There are a list of media contacts to email in support of Pete:
http://www.petetownshendisinnocent.com/contacts.html |
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