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Full body scanners 'break child-porn laws': your thoughts?

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HelenMumsnet · 05/01/2010 15:56

Afternoon.

LBC Radio have asked us what Mumsnetters think about privacy campaigners who are saying the proposed new body scanners at British airports breach child protection laws because they create indecent images of children.

(You can read more about this here)

So, what do you think?

Would you be horrified at the idea of security guards looking at full-body scans of your children?

Or do you think these kind of objections are mad?

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Awassailinglookingforanswers · 05/01/2010 16:16

well obviously there are serious flaws in the CRB system, I wont' deny that. But I do think that this is totally different from other "images" of children that are (and damn well should be) illegal.

RockBird · 05/01/2010 16:13

Damn, I have a 23 month old, not a 2 month old, perish the thought!

RockBird · 05/01/2010 16:13

My teacher 'friend' who was imprisoned for child pornography offences had every security check going due to other work that he did. That sure made a difference to all the children involved...

RockBird · 05/01/2010 16:11

Aha, I texted LBC last week with this point and Petrie Hosken laughed it off so I'm glad they're taking it seriously now.

Firstly, you cannot say that one naked image of a child is banned but another is not. The kind of images that the scanners produce are clear enough and would concern me. The legislation states that no such images of children are acceptable. Change that and you leave it wide open.

Secondly, unless scanners are going to be installed in every airport on the planet, then anyone with an agenda is simply going to fly from somewhere else, which makes the whole thing pointless.

So, would I object to my 2 month old being scanned? Damn right I would.

Awassailinglookingforanswers · 05/01/2010 16:10

no it doesn't (or should I say "wouldn't") bother me if a security guard was looking at a full body scan of my child. Someone sat in a remote room, looks a picture, sees that they're not carrying anything potentially lethal, deletes picture.

I'm assuming that the people employed for such positions have been fairly highly security checked and only employers with a good record history with the airport would be using it - not a random work experience kid.....

diedandgonetodevon · 05/01/2010 16:05

I think it's totally crazy. There is a world of difference between child porn and the kind of images the scanners produce.

I doubt anyone relishes the thought of some hairy bloke behind a scanner looking at them but IMO it is a damn sight better than later discovering you are on a plane with an explosives-strapped lunatic.