Pantu the Dog,Barbara Follett and Youtube

Culture minister Barbara Follett is backing the pre-screening of user-generated content.

I'm not sure someone who believes that paedophiles can watch children through the Internet is the best person to make judgements about online matters.

Chris Morris' wonderful Brass Eye showed Barbara Follet reading from cue cards that "an online paedophile" had converted the eye of Pantu the Dog, "a child's game on the internet" to "work as a webcam to look at the child player."

Senator Ted Stevens in Alaska is another apt example of the dangers of ill-informed people debating the Internet.