Stop calling abuse images Child Pornography, says CSA expert

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Stop calling abuse images 'Child Pornography', says CSA expert

Former child sexual abuse (CSA) investigator, Eric Oldenburg, says terminology around the sexual abuse of children is a barrier to government funding for law enforcement efforts to take down online images.

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Date - 24th March 2020
By - Chloe Livadeas

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Eric Oldenburg, an ex-officer with the Phoenix Police Department in Arizona who spent 15 years investigating internet crimes against children, says the rhetoric around images of child abuse needs to change in order to encourage more funding for law...

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