The draft legislation aims to make the internet safer, and will establish Ofcom as a statutory regulator to enforce standards on a range of online harms including the availability and spread of child sexual abuse material.
The Age Appropriate Design Code, which comes into effect today (September 2), sets out 15 standards that online services need to follow.
' They have acknowledged that, while customers’ privacy must be respected and protected, it cannot be at the expense of children’s safety.'
Last week, the UK Government published the draft draft Online Safety Bill which aims to “put an end to harmful practices online".
“Anything which weakens protections for children is unacceptable. Christmas is supposed to be a time where we look out for the youngest and most vulnerable. It is not the time to give predators a free pass to share videos of abuse and rape"
Throughout the lockdown period the IWF Hotline has remained operational, but social distancing measures meant some activities had to be scaled back
The IWF continues to work as usual but, with many staff now working remotely, there may be delays in responding to emails and phone calls .
A fault with Three’s network is incorrectly signposting some Three customers to the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).
“Anything that helps make the internet a safer place for children and helps in the fight against online child sexual abuse material is a good thing".
Pope Francis tells multi-faith conference “tragic experience” has taught the Catholic Church about the effects of child abuse