New Body Scanners Breaking Child Porn Laws?
Full Body Scanners Are Breaking Child Porn Laws and Child Protection Laws
Several campaigners are already fighting against this. The images generated by these full body scanners are rather graphic in nature. Campaigners say that such images can be compared to a 'virtual strip-search'. This is why, they have asked for measures to protect the privacy of passengers involved. The worry of many is that this sudden and 'instant' introduction of scanners can cause racial and religious bias. What the government needs to do now is to follow a rational approach and be sensitive too. Else, racial and religious bias can take over, causing dire consequences.
The American system of using full body scanners confirms that the images will be deleted immediately after the scan. But skeptics fear that if these scans are used on celebrities, any unusual observations in the images can become an 'irresistible pull' for some employees. Not to mention the fact that media can still figure out ways to get such images and have a field trip.
A 12-month trial of these full body scanners was conducted at the Manchester airport. The results revealed that in some cases, genitalia and breast enlargements were also visible. A Manchester airport spokesman did however confirm, that until the legal situation was clarified, people below 18 years of age would be exempted. One thing to noted here is that about 500 people did voluntarily take part in the exercise. The overall feedback has been positive.
As several countries worldwide plan to have such full body scanners at their airports, this needs very serious consideration. Apart from the 'child porn' problem, racial and religious profiling can become such a serious issue, that a measure to protect the civilians can cause more harm than anything else. Steps need to be taken to ensure that people are not victimized, just because they belong to specific ethnic/religious backgrounds.
For now, the Department for Transport in Britain confirmed that the entire 'child porn' problem is being discussed. Gordon Brown has already announced that a 'gradual' introduction would be the best way to go.
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Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jan/04/new-scanners-child-porn-laws
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I like that "gradual introduction"...they will slowly make it seem the norm until flyers become accustomed to the scans. Seems like a huge invasion of privacy to this overweight woman!! The terrorists will still figure out a way to do their dirty and the innocent will be mortified.
Great article on full body scans.
This is a tough issue -- I have mixed feelings about the body scanners.
Such intelligent writing as always!
The article raises interesting issues.
Wow, well I would rather be safe and trust that the employees would delete the images immediately. The purpose isn't to check out peoples body parts, its to ensure that passengers are safe, so I think using body scanners is a good idea. Some people will use children to transport drugs and weapons, which is why children are searched at the airport. When my oldest girl was 2 years old they took apart her car seat to make sure we weren't hiding anything in there. I was irritated at the time, but I do realize that they needed to do what they did.
I agree with Boinnie! The price for safety!?!
The whole idea of body scanners disgusts me completely.
I am not so sure how a child will get to see the scans of others who are going though - nor do I see it being a problem if the scans are deleted immediately. Also why would race or religion have anything to do with scanning if they scan every and I mean every passenger clearing security. Then no matter who/what/or where you are from you are equal.