Grrrrrrrr BBC STILL using term Child Porn Images, whats wrong with them

[KnittedJimmyChoos]

Just heard now on the 90 second catch up, it makes me so cross, its child abuse not child porn.

I am going to complain again, I really hope I can inspire some of you to do the same.

I complained when Eddie Mair used the term repeatedly on PM a few months back, got a very patronising reply back.

I quite agree with your point. But I have to ask..,,Home Decoration???

I also complained about this and received a shit reply

Hi there, we've received your mail about this and think it might be best moved to News...

Thanks Home decoration was not the right place for it

I hope I can ask you to complain again, its awful, why are bigger charities not picking up on this, wording is key it really is.

A few of us on here complained when it was used in Ref to Gary Glitter. I and others got a reply back saying they had removed term from some reports. I'm going to complain again!

Keep complaining, it is completely unacceptable and the BBC should be setting an example

Perhaps he was trying to be accurate, a common effect you get with changing descriptions to "correct" usage is you lose fine definition. An example of this would be someone described as "differently abled" rather than deaf or blind.

Child abuse covers a vast range - a picture of a child being beaten would be child abuse, but child porn is specifically about children being abused for sexual reasons. The distinction is important - while pictures of either depict a crime being perpetrated on the child, only the second type of pictures are illegal to possess.

'Child sex abuse images' would be more accurate than 'child porn' which wrongly implies consent which obviously could never be given.

Last time I complained, they said they were sorry I had been upset, they noted my request for clarity, but they didn't think it was a problem.

And they changed every last reference in the offending article (news website).

So it's worth complaining, even though the response you get may annoy you.

"Images of child sex abuse". Not hard. And you'd think the BBC of all institutions would want to be seen to get it right.