IWF News Archive 2008
09 December 2008
23 October 2008
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) underlined the importance of its Awareness Day on 24 October with the release of new research* which indicates that over three quarters (77%) of UK adult internet users who have stumbled across images of children being sexually abused are unsure how to report them. In addition, 71% of those surveyed ranked the availability of online child sexual abuse images as their top concern about the internet.
21 October 2008
ScanSafe, provider of SaaS Web Security, pledges its support to the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), the UK 'Hotline' for reporting child sexual abuse content hosted anywhere in the world, on IWF Awareness Day.
20 October 2008
The day before IWF Awareness Day, global top-level domain registry, Afilias, has announced that it has become a member of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). This will increase Afilias' ability to be proactive in eliminating child sexual abuse content from the .INFO domain.
20 October 2008
CensorNet, an internet security company, has become a member of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) to help combat child sexual abuse sites and criminally obscene content on the internet, provide mechanisms for its users to report illegal content and to provide protection against this type of content in its products.
20 October 2008
TelecityGroup, the pan-European provider of network independent data centres and value added services, has become a member of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).
08 October 2008
Bluecube Technology Solutions has been granted full industry membership of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).
06 October 2008
Giganews, Inc., a leading US provider of newsgroup access services, recognises the increasing importance of its partnership with the IWF in combating child sexual abuse content and announces a substantial increase to its financial support of the organisation. Giganews joined the IWF as its 50th member in October 2004 and is proud to raise its level of support to match other well known national and international companies.
22 September 2008
Optenet, a global IT security company and a provider of intelligent, integrated content security solutions, has become a member of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), joining over 80 member companies from a variety of organisations in their battle against illegal content online.
10 September 2008
We are pleased to announce that the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is a finalist in the 2008 British Computer Society (BCS) IT Awards in the Social Contribution Project Excellence Category.
