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• NSPCC accused of risking its reputation and 'whipping up moral panic' with study into porn addiction among children

Campaigners say the charity's 'flimsy research', which found that a tenth of 12 to 13-year-olds fear addiction to pornography, could have 'very dangerous' results. (Adam Withnall, The Independent, UK)

• Joliet teens charged with child pornography after group sex video posted to Twitter

Four Joliet teenagers 14, 15 and 16 - and one female, 15 were charged with child pornography after a group sex video was posted to Twitter and could be detained until they are 21-years-old. (WLS-TV, Chicago, US)

• Stop the sex-offender registry panic: “A lot of those dots on the map would never hurt your kids”

Lenore Skenazy of the "free-range kids" movement is bent on defending those unfairly labeled as threats to children. (Tracy Clark-Flory - Salon, US)

• Victims’ fury as BBC refuses to axe show by paedophile supporter which calls for age of consent to be lowered

“The documentary is presented by Ian Dunn, one of the founders of the Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE), which campaigned to legalise sex with children.” (Marc Horne and Martin Beckford - The Daily Mail, UK)

• Va. woman found guilty of harassing convicted sex offender

A Warren County Circuit Court jury convicted 61-year-old Delores Ann Harris on a charge of misusing information from Virginia's sex offender registry on Friday. (Associated Press. Richmond Times- Dispatch, US)

• Gary Glitter trial: Singer guilty of historical sex abuse

Gary Glitter has been found guilty of historical sex abuse against three young girls between 1975 and 1980. (BBC News, UK)

• Parents under investigation for allowing their kids to go outside

Parents under investigation for allowing their kids to walk home from the park and the Draconian measures taken by child protection. (Mark Frauenfelder - BOING BOING, US)

• Why the idea of paedophiles stealing pictures of my kids doesn't bother me

Paedophiles pose almost no threat to our children, even if they get their hands on our family photos, says Harry Wallop. (Harry Wallop - The Telegraph, UK)

• Why hasn't Japan banned child-porn comics?

Japan's comics and cartoons - known as manga and anime - are a huge cultural industry and famous around the world. But some are shocking, featuring children in sexually explicit scenarios. Why has Japan decided against banning this material? (Perhaps because it’s not real.) (James Fletcher - BBC News, Tokyo)

• Turning all adults into panto villains

Lionel Blair’s retirement from panto is a sad sign of the times. (Josie Appleton - spiked, UK)

• Brian Martens: Nudist dad gets prison for child porn possession

When a South Florida man was arrested a year ago, he insisted that inappropriate photographs of his three young children were simply normal "family portraits" of his nudist family. (WPTV- from the Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla)

• The Home Office allegedly funded a paedophile group in the 1970s. Why?

The Home Office may have covered up historic child abuse allegations - but what of the "Paedophile Information Exchange" group that was allegedly funded by the department? (Anna Leach, Sophie Warnes - The Mirror, UK)

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