IWF News
Internet Industry, Charities and Government Back IWF Awareness Day
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.
Created: Thu, October 23rd, 2008 | Last Modified: Thu, November 13th, 2008
Scansafe supports IWF to Combat Child Sexual Abuse Online
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.
Created: Tue, October 21st, 2008 | Last Modified: Thu, October 23rd, 2008
Afilias joins IWF to keep child sexual abuse content out of .INFO
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.
Created: Mon, October 20th, 2008 | Last Modified: Mon, October 20th, 2008
CensorNet joins the Internet Watch Foundation
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.
Created: Mon, October 20th, 2008 | Last Modified: Tue, October 21st, 2008
TelecityGroup joins the Internet Watch Foundation
TelecityGroup, the pan-European provider of network independent data centres and value added services, has become a member of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).
Created: Mon, October 20th, 2008 | Last Modified: Wed, October 22nd, 2008
Bluecube joins Internet Watch Foundation
8 October 2008: Bluecube Technology Solutions has been granted full industry membership of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).
Created: Wed, October 8th, 2008 | Last Modified: Wed, October 8th, 2008
Giganews Boosts Funding to Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)
6 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.
Created: Mon, October 6th, 2008 | Last Modified: Thu, November 13th, 2008
Sentry Parental Controls joins the IWF
25 September 2008: Sentry Parental Controls has become a member of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). Sentry Parental Controls offers protection to children online, around the clock, from anywhere in the world. It allows parents to be alerted to any inappropriate online activity as it happens, as well as blocking any unsuitable websites, web chat and applications. Sentry works to monitor all online activity, controls time usage and settings, and allows parents to have access to a child’s computer and personal usage logs from anywhere in the world.
Created: Thu, September 25th, 2008 | Last Modified: Mon, November 3rd, 2008
Optenet Joins Internet Watch Foundation to Combat Illegal Web Content
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.
Created: Mon, September 22nd, 2008 | Last Modified: Mon, September 22nd, 2008
IWF Finalist in BCS IT Awards 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.
Created: Wed, September 10th, 2008 | Last Modified: Tue, September 16th, 2008
