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The number of websites that contain images of child abuse reported to the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has almost doubled in the last year.
The organisation, which works in partnership with the government and police to combat online abuse, said it's public hotline processed more than 14,000 reports of abuse in the last six months.
According to IWF around 5,000 of these reports contained child abuse images, although just 0.2 per cent of these sites were hosted in the UK.
The group also revealed that message boards and online photo album services are increasingly being used to distribute images and videos of child abuse.
Depressingly, many sites hosted abroad still remain active despite reports to the relevant authorities by the IWF.
Peter Robbins, the chief executive of IWF said:
“2006 is proving our busiest year yet; with record reports processed and a record number of websites confirmed to contain child abuse content. In addition, more of our members are choosing to implement blocking mechanisms using our database of websites containing child abuse content, so their customers are protected from being inadvertently exposed to potentially illegal websites.”
That was the bad news..........
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| Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:15 pm Post subject: The good news |
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BT is to test blocking technology that prevents access to websites featuring images of child sexual abuse.
The trial, which will begin "within the next few weeks", will prevent BT internet customers from visiting any site blacklisted by the UK's internet industry body.
The Internet Watch Foundation's (IWF) blacklist relates to global child sexual abuse websites that have been assessed as “illegal to view” in the UK, under the 1978 Child Protection Act.
According to BT, the blocking technology will be implemented for BT Retail customers which include subscribers to BT Yahoo and BT Broadband packages but claims it is also currently in "discussion with other ISPs".
In a statement, BT said: "If other ISPs would like to implement the technology for their customers, which is entirely a question for them, then it is possible to extend the technology to wholesale customers."
"BT does not pretend that this trial will offer a total solution to this problem, or that BT alone could provide such a solution, but we believe it is an important step in the right direction."
Commenting on BT's announcement, a spokeswoman for Wanadoo said: "Wanadoo takes all cases of internet abuse extremely seriously and we work closely with the law enforcement bodies and the Internet Watch Foundation to report illegal online activities and other misuse of the web."
"Wanadoo operates a policy of 'Notice and Take Down' and this means that if our attention is brought to a site hosted by us and that is used to display, transmit or exchange illegal or other abusive material or that could incite abuse, then we will remove it."
Go BT what a wonderful Idea , but why did this all take so long????????
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