The Internet Watch Foundation
Combating online child sexual abuse content together
In recent years concern has been growing about the availability of illegal content on the internet. NTT Europe takes its corporate social responsibilities seriously and as part of their overall commitment to a range of socially responsible projects is proud to sponsor the very valuable work of the Internet Watch Foundation.
NTT Europe is a member of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), the UK internet ‘Hotline’ enabling the public to report their inadvertent exposure to online child sexual abuse content hosted anywhere in the world and criminally obscene adult and incitement to racial hatred content hosted in the UK.
The IWF was founded by the internet industry in 1996 and works in partnership with the police, government, the wider online sector and the public to combat the availability of potentially illegal online content within its remit. As a result of this approach criminal content has been virtually eradicated from UK networks and the volume of child sexual abuse content worldwide is decreasing.
All IWF industry members help to fund the organisation’s work, support its aims and have adopted the IWF Code of Practice. They work together to ensure UK networks provide the most hostile environment for hosting child sexual abuse images and to protect UK internet users from inadvertent exposure to such content.
Through the ‘Hotline’ reporting system, the IWF helps the online industry combat abuse of its services through a ‘notice and take-down’ initiative by alerting them to potentially illegal content within IWF’s remit on their systems and enabling the police to investigate those responsible.
This partnership approach is recognised internationally and the IWF is committed to sharing its good practice, expertise and experience around the world, contributing to dialogue beyond the UK and Europe, to ensure greater awareness of global issues and responsibilities.
NTT Security and Abuse Team
NTT’s Security and Abuse Team, based in the USA, is charged with enforcing the NTT acceptable use policy for AS2914. This team works closely with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to keep NTT’s network clear of websites or images which exploit children.
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