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A Very Poor Report

John Carr | Posted 19.07.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Child Pornography, Pornography, Lse, Claire Perry, Blocking, Org, Iwf, Open Rights Group, London School of Economics, Ofcom, Filtering, Censorship, Bbfc, Self Regulation, UK Tech News
John Carr

All of the UK's mobile phone networks run a system of filtering to keep web-based adult content away from children who access the internet via a mobile phone handset. The policy was first introduced voluntarily back in January 2004. It is still in place as a voluntary measure.

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BlackBerry Has Some Explaining to do

John Carr | Posted 08.02.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Lynne Featherstone, Iwf, Kroes, Rim, James Brokenshire, Tim Loughton, Blackberry, Self-Regulation, Eu, Home Office, Ukccis, UK Tech News
John Carr

As I travel the globe talking about online child protection I have been delighted to be able to tell audiences about the exemplary response of the British mobile phone industry to some of the challenges of online child protection.

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A Day Job Looking at Child Sexual Abuse? Why Would You Do It?

Susie Hargreaves | Posted 17.01.2012 | UK
Read More: Law Enforcement, Removal of Internet Images, Iwf, Child Pornography, UK Impact, Internet Watch Foundation, Content Analysts, Child Sexual Abuse, UK News
Susie Hargreaves

I want to emphasise the personality of the people who day in, day out look at some of the worst crimes imaginable. Theirs isn't a job that's easy to talk about down the pub on a Friday night but what they do is absolutely essential. It requires supreme attention to detail and a determination to stay committed to the very end of the removal process.

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The Worst Content on the Internet is Being Fought – but the Problem Won't go Away Overnight

Susie Hargreaves | Posted 27.12.2011 | UK Tech
Read More: Online Content, Copyright, Iwf, Information on the Internet, Child Protection, Internet Protection, Internet Security, Internet Watch Foundation, Peter Dawe, UK Tech News
Susie Hargreaves

Interviewed recently, Peter Dawe, founder of the IWF, recalled early internet companies were in the mode of "frontiersman". It is true that they were - the internet may be ubiquitous now but then it was a new, uncharted but promising territory.

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