Children are able to access pornographic images from Kuro and ezPeer, two popular peer-to-peer Web sites, according to allegations made at a Legislative Yuan press conference yesterday.
"Both Kuro and ezPeer have a large number of online members, and many pornographic files can be found on these two Web sites," said Lee Li-feng (李麗芬), secretary general of the End Child Prostitution Association in Taiwan.
"It is saddening that Kuro also offers a service to members where files can easily be burned onto a CD," she said.
Lee said the civil code and the Children and Youth Sexual Crime Prevention Law (
Lee and a People First Party legislator typed in sensitive keywords on both Web sites and found a variety of files containing pictures of nudity or pornography and movies.
P2P (peer to peer) is a popular file exchange method among young people.
A survey last summer indicated that Kuro's users numbered 870,000, while ezPeer's users have reached the 100-million mark.
In response to the claim, Kuro issued a press release yesterday stating that it would cooperate with the government to provide a healthier online environment for children.
However, Kuro said it had little knowledge of the content of files that were being exchanged among the site's users.
"We fully support government efforts to protect the well-being of children; however, the contents of files being exchanged over our Web site are unknown to us," it said.
Kuro also said that it offers information on copyright and other legal matters to its users.
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