A trial project has demonstrated a first-of-its-kind chatbot and warning message can reduce the number of online searches that may potentially be indicative of intent to find sexual images of children.
Predators are often early adopters of technology,” says Sarah Smith, chief technology officer at the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), a UK child abuse hotline. “It’s an arms race, we have to be constantly horizon-scanning.”
Prof Hany Farid says all online services should adopt idea backed by GCHQ and National Cybersecurity Centre
Epoch Payment Solutions joins IWF membership this May to support their efforts to curtail the availability of commercial child abuse imagery.
In 2013 David Cameron declared a crackdown on child abuse images online, calling for the internet industry to ‘obliterate’ such content from the internet.
The IWF's role regarding government legislation on the possession of non-photographic visual depictions of the sexual abuse of children.
UK Safer Internet Centre receives £5.1m funding from Nominet.
IWF urges the implementation of technological safeguards to protect children, as ‘shocking’ figures from the UK’s National Crime Agency show 830,000 adults who pose some degree of sexual risk to children.