FCC: Privacy must not prevent telecom firms from reporting child porn

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released an order clarifying the role of telecom companies in child porn situations. The ruling made it clearer that telecom companies must comply with mandates to report child porn in spite of their obligations to keep user data private. Child porn is a rare exception to the privacy rules in the Communications Act. Providers of electronic communication service or remote computing services are required to report child porn instances to a tipline.