Bluecube joins Internet Watch Foundation
8 October 2008
Bluecube Technology Solutions has been granted full industry membership of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). Bluecube was established in 2003 to provide outsourced IT solutions to a variety of SMEs from small niche operators to global organisations such as the British Standards Institute, The Catholic Trust and The Duke of Edinburgh's Award.
Along with more than 80 other IWF members, Bluecube’s membership shows its commitment to the IWF’s work, aims and principles. As a member of the IWF, Bluecube will act in the interest of its customers to protect them from illegal images and content, adhering to the IWF’s code of practice.
Peter Robbins OBE, QPM, IWF Chief Executive, said, “We are delighted that our industry membership continues to grow and we welcome Bluecube’s support. The UK’s effective approach to combating child sexual abuse content on the internet is an international example of good practice, self-regulation and of what can be achieved in partnership with a committed internet industry. We look forward to working with Bluecube to address the future challenges we face in disrupting the activities of those who seek to profit from the distribution of this content.”
Bluecube’s Chief Executive, James Hawker commented, “Although we appreciate the freedom of information facilitated by the internet, we understand there is a much greater need to prevent those who abuse this technology to exploit the vulnerable. With our partners and now with the IWF we can continue to operate a zero tolerance on the hosting of illegal content in the UK.”
In addition, Bluecube partner, Tiscali’s filtering of child sexual abuse websites globally will help protect Bluecube customers from accessing such content.
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About Bluecube
As Tiscali's Managed Service Provider, Bluecube has unique access to the world's second largest IPv6 network as well as a global Data Centre infrastructure. Other partners such as Alcatel, the world's largest provider of telephony solutions, allows us to deliver an extensive range of VoIP solutions and tools. All of our mail solutions are delivered in partnership with Google and have been voted the best SPAM, Anti-Virus and archiving tools available. We have a variety of other partnerships that allow us to give our clients the best possible solutions and service.
As Tiscali's Managed Service Provider, Bluecube has unique access to the world's second largest IPv6 network as well as a global Data Centre infrastructure. Other partners such as Alcatel, the world's largest provider of telephony solutions, allows us to deliver an extensive range of VoIP solutions and tools. All of our mail solutions are delivered in partnership with Google and have been voted the best SPAM, Anti-Virus and archiving tools available. We have a variety of other partnerships that allow us to give our clients the best possible solutions and service.
So what sets us apart from the competition? Quite simply it is our customer service ethos; we know this is a cliché that is used far too often. We have no way of proving our customer service ability to you unless you try us. However, rest assured that we couldn't have achieved so much so quickly, and be supporting some of the leading UK companies if there wasn't something different about the way we interact with our clients. If you are looking for a competent, professional, reliable and friendly IT provider, you have just found it. Bluecube Technology Solutions.
For more Information or to arrange an interview contact:
Laura Wiles, Marketing, +44 (0)190 858 9587, lw@bluecube-uk.com, www.bluecube.uk.com
Laura Wiles, Marketing, +44 (0)190 858 9587, lw@bluecube-uk.com, www.bluecube.uk.com
About the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)
IWF is the UK’s internet ‘Hotline’ for the public and IT professionals to report potentially illegal online content within our remit. We work in partnership with the online industry, law enforcement, government, the education sector, charities, international partners and the public to minimise the availability of this content, specifically, child sexual abuse content hosted anywhere in the world and criminally obscene and incitement to racial hatred content hosted in the UK.
We are an independent self-regulatory body, funded by the EU and the wider online industry, including internet service providers, mobile operators and manufacturers, content service providers, filtering companies, search providers, trade associations and the financial sector as well as other organisations that support us for corporate social responsibility reasons.
We work with UK government to influence initiatives developed to combat online abuse and this dialogue goes beyond the UK and Europe to ensure greater awareness of global issues, trends and responsibilities. We work internationally with INHOPE and other relevant authorities and organisations to encourage wider adoption of good practice in combating online child sexual abuse content and to promote inclusive and united global responses to this dynamic, cross-border criminality.
We help internet service providers and hosting companies to combat abuse of their networks through our national ‘notice and take-down’ service which alerts them to potentially illegal content within our remit on their systems and we provide unique data to law enforcement partners in the UK and abroad to assist investigations into the distributers of potentially illegal online content. As a result of this partnership approach, less than 1% of child sexual abuse content, known to the IWF, has apparently been hosted in the UK since 2003, down from 18% in 1997. As sexually abusive images of children are primarily hosted abroad, we facilitate the industry-led initiative to protect users from inadvertent exposure to this content by blocking access to it through our provision of a dynamic list of child sexual abuse URLs.
We strive to create continued awareness of the role and purpose of the IWF and aim to foster trust and reassurance in the internet for current and future users. Our self-regulatory partnership approach is widely recognised as an effective model in combating the abuse of technology for the dissemination of illegal content.
Please note that "child pornography", "child porn" and "kiddie porn" are not acceptable terms. The use of such language acts to legitimise images which are not pornography, rather, they are permanent records of children being sexually abused and as such should be referred to as child sexual abuse images.
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 237700 media@iwf.org.uk www.iwf.org.uk
We are an independent self-regulatory body, funded by the EU and the wider online industry, including internet service providers, mobile operators and manufacturers, content service providers, filtering companies, search providers, trade associations and the financial sector as well as other organisations that support us for corporate social responsibility reasons.
We work with UK government to influence initiatives developed to combat online abuse and this dialogue goes beyond the UK and Europe to ensure greater awareness of global issues, trends and responsibilities. We work internationally with INHOPE and other relevant authorities and organisations to encourage wider adoption of good practice in combating online child sexual abuse content and to promote inclusive and united global responses to this dynamic, cross-border criminality.
We help internet service providers and hosting companies to combat abuse of their networks through our national ‘notice and take-down’ service which alerts them to potentially illegal content within our remit on their systems and we provide unique data to law enforcement partners in the UK and abroad to assist investigations into the distributers of potentially illegal online content. As a result of this partnership approach, less than 1% of child sexual abuse content, known to the IWF, has apparently been hosted in the UK since 2003, down from 18% in 1997. As sexually abusive images of children are primarily hosted abroad, we facilitate the industry-led initiative to protect users from inadvertent exposure to this content by blocking access to it through our provision of a dynamic list of child sexual abuse URLs.
We strive to create continued awareness of the role and purpose of the IWF and aim to foster trust and reassurance in the internet for current and future users. Our self-regulatory partnership approach is widely recognised as an effective model in combating the abuse of technology for the dissemination of illegal content.
Please note that "child pornography", "child porn" and "kiddie porn" are not acceptable terms. The use of such language acts to legitimise images which are not pornography, rather, they are permanent records of children being sexually abused and as such should be referred to as child sexual abuse images.
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 237700 media@iwf.org.uk www.iwf.org.uk
Created: Wed, October 8th, 2008 | Last Modified: Wed, October 8th, 2008
