Pope demands tech companies prevent kids from viewing porn

Pope Francis said tech and computer software companies should assume a moral responsibility to protect young people from what he said were the ruinous effects of pornography on their emotional and sexual development. — AP

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis called on Nov 14 for Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Google and other tech companies to urgently take measures to remove child porn from the Web and prevent children from accessing pornography online.

Francis told a Vatican conference of religious leaders and high-tech representatives that it’s no longer acceptable to merely follow the law in monitoring online content, because technology is fast outpacing regulation.