{"id":13241,"date":"2014-03-05T10:34:09","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T10:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=13241"},"modified":"2014-03-05T10:34:09","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T10:34:09","slug":"british-child-porn-advisor-arrested-for-child-abuse-imagery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=13241","title":{"rendered":"British child-porn advisor arrested for child abuse imagery"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13242\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/rockabuse.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13242\" alt=\"Patrick Rock\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/rockabuse-300x199.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/rockabuse-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/rockabuse.png 615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patrick Rock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Patrick Rock who served as special advisor to UK Prime Minister David Cameron and played an influential role in the Prime Minister\u2019s national Internet censorship plan, has been arrested for possession of images depicting the sexual abuse of children. The National Crime Agency is conducting forensic analysis of the computer networks at the Prime Minister\u2019s office\/residence, Number 10 Downing Street.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Prime Minister brought him into Downing Street in 2011 to work in the Number 10 policy unit. He took responsibility for home affairs issues and was among officials who were involved in drawing up controls against internet images of child abuse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Downing Street spokesman said: \u201cOn the evening of February 12, Downing Street was first made aware of a potential offence relating to child abuse imagery. It was immediately referred to the National Crime Agency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018The Prime Minister was immediately informed and kept updated throughout. Patrick Rock was arrested at his home in the early hours of February 13, a few hours after Downing Street had reported the matter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018Subsequently, we arranged for officers to come into No 10 and have access to all IT systems and offices they considered relevant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source: Boing Boing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick Rock who served as special advisor to UK Prime Minister David Cameron and played an influential role in the Prime Minister\u2019s national Internet censorship plan, has been arrested for possession of images depicting the sexual abuse of children. 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