END Network Abuse Act

When I read about this on FARS News today, I thought that I had finally caught them in spreading Fake News. But it is all true (link to Bill).

END for some reason is a recursive acronym and stands for "End National Defense", so the whole act is named "End National Defense Network Abuse Act".

Bipartisan Bill Aims to Tackle Rampant Child Porn Sharing on Pentagon Computers

Quote:

Originally Posted by FARS News “The notion that the Department of Defense’s network and Pentagon-issued computers may be used to view, create, or circulate such horrifying images is a shameful disgrace, and one we must fight head on,” Abigail Spanberger (D-Virginia) said in a statement on Tuesday as she and co-sponsor Mark Meadows (R-N. Carolina) introduced the End National Defense Network Abuse (END Network Abuse) Act in the House, RT reported. [...] Congress has known for at least a decade that child porn trading on Defense Department computers was a problem. Immigration and Customs Enforcement identified 5,200 people “subscribed to websites that were known to contain child pornography” during 2008’s Project Flicker investigation, including hundreds of individuals “affiliated with” the Defense Department, some of whom even used their government email addresses and military post boxes to register on the offending websites. Worryingly, dozens possessed some form of security clearance. While a handful of the offenders caught in Project Flicker received jail sentences, thousands more – up to 80 percent of those identified in the ICE report – did not, as “combating child pornography was not one of DCIS’ investigative priorities”, Spanberger and Meadows lament. This investigative blind spot leaves the Pentagon vulnerable to “blackmail, bribery, and other threats”, should employees with high security clearances become compromised through their weakness for child porn or other illicit activities conducted over Defense Department computers. The Defense Department’s network ranked 19th out of 2,891 internet service providers for peer-to-peer trading of child porn in 2018, according to the National Criminal Justice Training Center, suggesting the problem has only gotten worse in the 10 years since Project Flicker wrapped up. [...]

Known for over a decade? 5200 people? No consequences for 80%? 19th ISP in the country (imagine how many must be larger than the DoD network)? Wait, what? :jaw-dropp

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