IWF response to Nominet Consultation on Terms and Conditions
30 June 2004
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) was formed in 1996 and works in partnership with the internet industry, government and the police. The role of the IWF is to:
- foster trust and confidence in the internet among current and future internet users
- assist service providers to combat the abuse of their systems for the dissemination of criminal content
- assist law enforcement in the fight against illegal content on the internet
Our role has been acknowledged in a MoU under section 46 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
As you may be aware, IWF has been involved in the successful development and introduction of policies with regard to Usenet newsgroups carried by UK based ISPs and this has resulted in an estimated 500,000 illegal child abuse images per annum (per ISP providing access to newsgroups) not being available. One of the policies is based upon legal advice that a Usenet newsgroup name can be an illegal advertisement under the Protection of Children Act 1978. We have been similarly advised that a domain name could be an illegal advertisement.
Therefore, in response to the current consultation on terms and conditions, IWF propose that section 14 should include a further paragraph as follows:
14.8 if the Internet Watch Foundation advise that a .uk domain name is a potentially illegal advertisement under S.1(1)(d) of the Protection of Children Act 1978.
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