'They have acknowledged that, while customers’ privacy must be respected and protected, it cannot be at the expense of children’s safety.'
More people in Britain are concerned about websites showing the sexual abuse of children than other types of illegal, illicit or‘harmful’ internet content. However, more than half of people in Britain currently say that they either wouldn’t know how to report it if they were to encounter it (40%) or would just ignore it (12%).
Experts warn that 1% of the entire male population could be ‘interested in sex with prepubescent children’.
Blogging from a global summit on child sexual exploitation in Abu Dhabi, Susie discusses how the IWF is helping countries around the world tackle child sexual abuse imagery online.
New pilot shows way for smaller platforms to play big part in online safety.
‘We know viewing images and videos of child sexual abuse is not a victimless crime. Some of the worst abuse is perpetrated against children’.
Mr Ray-Hill will lead the IWF through a period of transition and growth while a national recruitment campaign takes place for the permanent CEO.
A new report from the IWF shows how the pace of AI development has not slowed as offenders are using better, faster and more accessible tools to generate new criminal images and videos.