Our Mythbusters
Dan Sexton is the Internet Watch Foundation’s Chief Technology Officer. Dan’s role involves securing highly sensitive data and leading a dedicated team building resilient and efficient systems to support IWF’s work both within the office and in the cloud. He is also responsible for the compliance and quality assurance team ensuring that highest standards of work and data quality are adhered to when creating our globally-trusted datasets.
Dr Ahmed Abdullahi is a Research Associate at the Privacy, Security and Trust (Pri-SeT) Research Lab, Manchester Metropolitan University, where his research spans cybersecurity, cyber-physical systems, cryptography, and privacy-preserving technologies. He brings an independent academic perspective to the question of how platforms can detect and remove CSAM without compromising the privacy rights of users and is a co-author of the Alan Turing Institute's CETaS report on privacy-preserving moderation of illegal online content.
