The exponential increase on the internet of indecent images of children (IIOC) has been followed by a transformation within criminal justice. The scale, nature and rapid technological evolution of such crimes—often of distant initial geographical origin—requires collaborative justice and harm reduction arrangements with internet companies and NGOs. The diminished reach (declining criminal justice interventions) and power (even in identifying crimes for intervention) of state authority with the current collaborative model, however, has resulted in inadequate social regulation and policing in response to IIOC crimes on the surface web. There is a considerable risk that the Online Harms White Paper proposals to establish overarching government authority to generally reduce harmful conduct will not fully resolve problems that go much wider than the technological, commercial and consumer protection on the surface web issues emphasised in that document. Only political choices about funding and fundamental rights compliant legislation can (a) prevent the hollowing out of criminal justice capacity and capabilities to deal with IIOC offenders and (b) ensure an essential compatibility and consistency in police operational ability—including the access sought to anonymised communication data via an encryption key—and legal principles when dealing with IIOC crimes across all levels of the internet, including ‘the dark web’. These issues are examined as a case study in civic epistemology about the influence of neoliberalism in technologically focused policy making.

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网络空间中的协作正义和减少伤害：监管不雅儿童图像

互联网上儿童不雅图片 (IIOC) 呈指数级增长，随之而来的是刑事司法领域的变革。此类犯罪的规模、性质和快速的技术演变——通常起源于遥远的初始地理来源——需要与互联网公司和非政府组织合作进行司法和减少伤害安排。然而，在当前的协作模式下，国家权威的影响力（刑事司法干预下降）和权力（甚至在识别干预犯罪方面）的减弱导致社会监管和警务不足，以应对表面网络上的 IIOC 犯罪。存在相当大的风险，即建立总体政府权力以普遍减少有害行为的在线危害白皮书建议无法完全解决比该文件中强调的表面网络问题上的技术、商业和消费者保护更广泛的问题。只有关于资金和基本权利合规立法的政治选择才能 (a) 防止刑事司法能力和处理 IIOC 罪犯的能力空洞化，以及 (b) 确保警察行动能力的基本兼容性和一致性——包括寻求匿名通过加密密钥的通信数据——以及在互联网各个层面（包括“暗网”）处理 IIOC 犯罪时的法律原则。