Published: Mon 11 Dec 2017
IWF’s tech officer Harriet Lester has been named in the TechWomen50 2017 awards list.
The award honours women in the tech industry and recognises the impact of female champions and IT leaders.
The awards, being the first of their kind, were entered by 500 individuals and judged by a panel of 20 independent judges.
“I’m thrilled to have been honoured with this award”, says Harriet. “As a young woman in tech I know how important it is to promote successful females and help them be part of the next generation of females in IT. Huge thanks to WeAreTechWomen for providing this platform.”
IWF CEO Kerry Smith calls for complete EU ban of AI abuse content at high-level meeting of global experts in Rome.
The IWF welcomes new measures to help make sure digital tools are safe as new data shows AI child sexual abuse is still spreading.
More than nine in ten people in the UK say they are concerned at how images and videos of children being sexually abused are shared through end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging services.