--- description: Patrick Rock was one of Prime Minister Cameron's closest aides title: Child Porn Adviser Patrick Rock Arrested image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69a287636b8e2d3f/698683c4e53abafefc4d147f/uk_child_porn_0304.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [U.K.](/tag/u-k/) ## U.K. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # U.K. PM's Adviser on Child Porn is Himself Arrested on Child Pornography Charges by [Per Liljas](/author/per-liljas/) ## Per Liljas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 4, 2014 7:55 AM CUT  Former U.K. government adviser Patrick Rock, who is facing charges relating to child porn, worked on Internet filters to block images of sexually abused children Former U.K. government adviser Patrick Rock, who is facing charges relating to child porn, worked on Internet filters to block images of sexually abused childrenAndrei Spirache / Getty Images by [Per Liljas](/author/per-liljas/) ## Per Liljas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 4, 2014 7:55 AM CUT Patrick Rock, a top U.K. government adviser involved in introducing an online filter to block images of sexually abused children, has been [arrested](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/10674757/Cameron-aide-Patrick-Rock-arrested-over-allegations-relating-to-child-porn.html "undefined") for alleged offenses relating to child pornography, the _Telegraph_ reports. A previous deputy director of policy, Rock was considered to be one of Prime Minister David Cameron’s closest aides. He was arrested on February 13, a few hours after Downing Street was made aware of his potential offenses. A spokesman for the Prime Minister said that “The Prime Minister believes that child abuse imagery is abhorrent and that anyone involved with it should be properly dealt with under the law.” The U.K. government reached an agreement with Google and Microsoft in November to prevent pornographic images of children from being listed in results for more than 100,000 search terms and phrases. \[[Telegraph](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/10674757/Cameron-aide-Patrick-Rock-arrested-over-allegations-relating-to-child-porn.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/12060/patrick-rock-child-porn-adviser-arrested/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/12060/patrick-rock-child-porn-adviser-arrested/"},"headline":"U.K. PM's Adviser on Child Porn is Himself Arrested on Child Pornography Charges","datePublished":"2014-03-04T07:55:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:33:32.130Z","description":"Patrick Rock was one of Prime Minister Cameron's closest aides","url":"https://time.com/12060/patrick-rock-child-porn-adviser-arrested/","keywords":["U.K.","Arrest","David Cameron"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69a287636b8e2d3f/698683c4e53abafefc4d147f/uk_child_porn_0304.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Per Liljas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/per-liljas/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69a287636b8e2d3f/698683c4e53abafefc4d147f/uk_child_porn_0304.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"uk_child_porn_0304","caption":"Former U.K. government adviser Patrick Rock, who is facing charges relating to child porn, worked on Internet filters to block images of sexually abused children","creditText":"Andrei Spirache / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/u-k/","name":"U.K."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/12060/patrick-rock-child-porn-adviser-arrested/","name":"U.K. PM's Adviser on Child Porn is Himself Arrested on Child Pornography Charges"}}]}] ```