Wrong question. The question should be whether the responsibility rests with every respectable member of society to report child porn if they see it and the answer to that question is a resounding yes.

Child pornography is an insidious and ever-growing crime. It is hard to police, but it's not hard to find.

The answer to stopping the exploitation of children online and the scourge of child pornography is a diligence by every member of society - parents, kids, businesses, educators, law enforcement - we all have a responsibility.

As one young victim I had a hand in rescuing from horrible abuse said to me years later: "Just tell someone."

A little sunshine in these dark corners of the Internet world would be a great disinfectant.

Paul Gillespie,

Retired officer in charge of Toronto Police Child Exploitation Section
Founder of KINSA, Toronto