Prof Hany Farid says all online services should adopt idea backed by GCHQ and National Cybersecurity Centre
Tamsin McNally, Hotline Manager at the IWF, appeared live on National BBC Breakfast news to warn about the increasing prevalence of “sextortion” online.
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) welcomes today’s report from the House of Lords’ Communications Committee and the 10 principles it recommends to help shape the digital world of the future.
IWF and NSPCC's Report Remove can support a young person in reporting sexual images shared online and enables them to get the image removed if it is illegal.
Young children are now more exposed to being groomed online due to a reliance on tech devices in lockdown, a charity has claimed.
When Chris Hughes started removing child abuse images and videos from the internet, almost a decade ago, paedophiles were not discreet.
"Law enforcement cannot arrest its way out of this problem."
IntelliGrade 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.
Epoch Payment Solutions joins IWF membership this May to support their efforts to curtail the availability of commercial child abuse imagery.
Reports involving sexual extortion are on the rise as criminals become more ‘adept’ at targeting younger children.