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Son charged with murder of 90-year-old British woman in south west France

The son of a 90-year-old British woman living in south west France has been charged with her murder.

Published: 13 May 2019 10:54 CEST
Son charged with murder of 90-year-old British woman in south west France
The victim was well known in the local community in Trausse. Photo AFP

Vivian Hart, 90, was found dead in her home in the Aude département of south west France, where she had served as a town councillor for seven years.

Local police reported that her death was suspicious after finding knife wounds on her face.

Her son Russel Hart, 65, has been charged with murder and placed in the custody of local mental health services in Perpignan.

Vivian was well known in the town of Trausse, where she served as a town councillor between 2001 and 2008. She was also involved in the local library service and gave free English lessons in her home.

 

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How France plans to prevents youngsters accessing online pornography

France is set to announce new measures this week to prevent youngsters from accessing porn websites, in the latest round of a years-long struggle to protect children from explicit material.

Published: 6 February 2023 12:07 CET
How France plans to prevents youngsters accessing online pornography

“I plan to put an end to this scandal,” Digital Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told the Parisien newspaper on Monday.

France’s data protection and media regulators Cnil and Arcom are set to announce their latest proposals to rein in porn websites which are in theory subject to a 2020 law requiring age verification.

Previous attempts have been held up by privacy and technical concerns, as well as court action by the websites.

To its frustration last September, a Paris court ordered Arcom to enter into mediation with several porn websites including market leader Pornhub, holding up efforts to block them.

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Under the new proposal, people wanting to access explicit material will need to download a phone application that provides them with a digital certificate and code, the Parisien reported.

The code will be needed to access a porn website under a system “which will work a bit like the checks from your bank when you buy something online,” Barrot told the newspaper.

“2023 will mark the end of our children accessing pornographic sites,” he added.

President Emmanuel Macron, who is married to former school teacher Brigitte Macron, promised to make protecting children from porn a priority during his bid for re-election last year.

In November, he launched the Children Online Protection Laboratory, an initiative that aims to bring together industry giants and researchers to look for ways to shield minors online.

In September last year, a report entitled “Hell Behind the Scenes” by French senators concluded that there was “massive, ordinary and toxic” viewing of porn by children.

The report found that two thirds of children aged 15 or less had seen pornographic content.

The French production industry has been roiled by a series of sexual assault cases in recent years in which women have come forward to allege rape, mistreatment and manipulation by directors and fellow actors.

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