
AI – the power to harm and to help. New podcast episode from the IWF
In Conversation With Thorn’s Head of Data Science Rebecca Portnoff and IWF Chief Technology Officer Dan Sexton
Report suspected online child sexual abuse images or videos here.
In Conversation With Thorn’s Head of Data Science Rebecca Portnoff and IWF Chief Technology Officer Dan Sexton
Ms Brown will take over from Andrew Puddephatt OBE, who has held the post since 2017.
‘There can be no safe place for these criminals to operate. Children deserve a safer and happier internet.’
'This is an important step in ensuring our world-leading expertise can be quickly drawn upon by police and law enforcement the world over.'
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IntelliGrade, from the Internet Watch Foundation, is helping companies and law enforcement bodies to fight back against criminals who trade, store and upload images and videos showing the sexual abuse of children.
It's is a powerful new tool that enables our analysts to accurately grade child sexual abuse images and videos, and create hashes (digital fingerprints) that are compatible with child sexual abuse laws and classifications in the UK, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the Interpol Baseline standard.
The IWF combines the technical know-how with a deep understanding of the human cost of this awful crime. The organisation's work creates scale and impact to tackle this issue, and Google is proud to work so closely with the IWF.