Those of you that have been following the current case involving Pete will be aware he had stated that he had been in contact with the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) regarding his concerns over child pornography on the Internet. At the time the story first broke the IWF denied that they had in fact heard from Pete. They have now admitted that they did in fact have communication with Pete on a number of occasions.
This is the remit of the IWF (taken from their website http://www.iwf.org.uk )
'The Internet Watch Foundation works in partnership with ISPs, Telcos, Mobile Operators, Software Providers, Police and Government, to minimise the availability of illegal Internet content particularly child abuse images. Our Internet Hotline can deal with reports of potentially illegal Internet content, such as websites, newsgroups and online groups that:
Contain images of child abuse, anywhere in the world.
Contain adult material that potentially breaches the Obscene Publications Act in the UK.
Contain criminally racist material in the UK.'
As you can see the IWF was the correct body for Pete to approach but since some of the media have reported the fact that the IWF denied receiving any communication from him we thought it was important that this updated information was published.
In response to this information Pete has said :
"You may recall that among the media frenzy of a couple of weeks ago, representatives of the Internet Watch Foundation told the press and the news stations that they had never heard from me. I, of course, know that I did communicate with them several times last year and they have now supplied to us copies of my e-mails to them, one in August and the rest in November. My lawyers have written to the Founder of the IWF, Mark Stephens, who was adamant that they had never heard from me, asking for an explanation."


It’s extremely unlikely that you will read this in the British press, Why? They aren’t interested in the innocents of Pete Townshend or any one else for that matter. Like a bloodthirsty pack of wolfs they want to strip every part of decency from however they are savaging. ‘Innocent until proven guilty’ is the way it should be, however the British media prefer ‘guilty regardless of the truth’.
[This message was edited Sat Feb 8 3:55:06 PST 2003 by ScottNPG]

I just hope that whatever happens, be he guilty or not, that people do not forget that there were 3 other guys in that band who wernt paedophiles

If Pete Townshend is a peadophile, then the Queen must be the leader of the Taliban!