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Gov and ISPs clash over informal policing of net: “

If I said you should have a beautiful self-regulatory body…

A row is brewing today between government and ISPs following suggestions that greater informal policing of internet content might be needed, along with a new self-regulatory body to carry out the task.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Internet Watch Foundation: Abuse images takedown speeds up: “

But scale of problem remains the same

The number of URLs hosting child abuse content has risen significantly over the last year – but the scale of the problem has not changed, and take-down time has improved dramatically.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

IWF: Good on child abuse…: “

…obscenity, racism, not so much

The Internet Watch Foundation is coming of age. Over the last few years it has transformed from an organisation apparently focused on takedown figures and URL hit rates into something altogether more strategic and sophisticated, in line with the nature and scale of the problem it sees itself as dealing with.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Home Office backs down on net censorship laws: “

Small ISPs escape IWF filters

The government has abandoned its long-standing pledge to force 100 per cent of internet providers to block access to a list of child pornography websites.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

IWF takes ‘pragmatic’ stance on level one images: “

Doesn’t want to be ‘forever embroiled’ in grey areas

The head of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has reiterated the organisation’s focus on the most serious images of child abuse, implying a recalibration of its efforts to police borderline material.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Tories research increased net censorship: “

Jihad.com 404

The activities, alleged activities, and destiny of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) are a constant source of controversy in these parts, so our interest was naturally piqued by a Parliamentary question from the shadow security minister Baroness Neville-Jones last week.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Britain looks to export net censorship model to Europe: “

And they say this country doesn’t make anything anymore

Digital Britain The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is a British success story – and one that our government would dearly like to export overseas. Although it would rather not pay for it, if it can possibly avoid doing so.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

IWF denies wielding Pirate Bay banhammer: “

Mobile broadband users blockaded

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has denied involvement in blocking the Pirate Bay BitTorrent tracker site, after BT mobile broadband users were told they had fallen foul of a filter against ‘over 18 sites’.…

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(Via The Register – Comms.)

IWF: Child abuse domains down, reports up: “

Bigs up a year of achievement, glosses over iffiness

The Internet Watch Foundation’s (IWF) Annual Report reveals an apparent fall of nearly 10 per cent in the number of international websites hosting child sexual abuse content.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Small ISPs reject call to filter out child abuse sites: “

IWF blocklist effective despite workarounds, charities argue

ISPs have rejected a call by childrens’ charities to implement the government’s approved blocklist for images of child sexual abuse, because the list does not stop anyone who wants to accessing such material.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)