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1 Internet Watch Foundation Presented by Kristof Claesen 9 th European Forum on the rights of the child 4 June Copyright 2014 Internet Watch Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

2 Introduction Violence is understood to mean all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse. A 2014 EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) report on violence against women reveals that, on average in the EU, 27% of women had experienced some form of physical violence before the age of 15 by an adult (i.e. roughly 61 million women who were physically or sexually abused in childhood by an adult. Child protection systems cover a wide range of interventions including prevention, identification, reporting, referral, investigation, treatment, followup, judicial involvement and effective procedures [ ]. Quotes from the Reflection Paper 2

3 The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) IWF is the hotline for reporting (iwf.org.uk) Child sexual abuse imagery (hosted globally) Criminally obscene adult content (hosted in UK) Non-photographic child sexual abuse images (hosted in UK) IWF is a member of INHOPE (inhope.org) The UK Safer Internet Centre (saferinternet.org.uk) Childnet International South West Grid for Learning (POSH) Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) 3

4 Who we are The IWF was established in 1996 and is an independent self-regulatory body (Charity) Funded by the online industry and the EU + 30 staff, including 12 ICA s (Internet Content Analysts) Close working relationships with law enforcement Part of wider international framework to combat the availability of child sexual abuse material 4

5 What we see Publicly available child sexual abuse material Historic child sexual abuse content Recent ( new ) child sexual abuse content IWF s direct contact with children Most often no direct contact with children - reporting by the public Direct reporting by a child Typically older children in (semi-) self-generated/youth produced child abuse imagery context = role of awareness raising Age-verification with the support from Childline 5

6 Who we work with General public Child protection partners UK Safer Internet Centre Law enforcement Other hotlines Media Government /regulators INHOPE Researchers Online industry 6

7 How we operate IWF receives external report IWF proactively searches for content IWF assess content Content not potentially criminal under UK law No further action is taken Content potentially criminal under UK law and within IWF remit UK hosted content Rest of the World content Child sexual abuse content Criminally obscene adult content Non-photographic child sexual abuse images Child sexual abuse content

8 How we operate Relevant police agency notified for investigation (= CEOP) Report submitted to INHOPE or direct contact with international hotline/relevant police agency Notice sent to hosting provider to preserve evidence and remove content Webpage added to IWF URL list to prevent accidental access until content is removed and liaison with international hotline and relevant police agency ~ Removed in 1 HOUR Webpage monitored until content is removed Webpage monitored until content is removed and webpage taken from IWF URL list after removal ~ 84 % removed in 10 DAYS

9 IWF Services Notice and takedown in the UK; Removal of criminal content hosted outside the UK by sending details of the content to the INHOPE Hotline or to law enforcement in that country A URL list for industry to block/filter content hosted outside of the UK to disrupt the availability of this content; Development of an IWF Hash List; A keywords list of search terms used to find criminal content; Monitoring of newsgroups and issuing of takedown notices for individual postings where child sexual abuse content is identified.

10 IWF Members

11 2014 at a glance

12 2014 at a glance

13 2014 at a glance

14 2014 at a glance

15 IWF s international engagement Day-to-day cooperation with hotlines around the world, mainly through INHOPE, the international association of hotlines (51 hotlines in 45 countries) Awareness raising efforts with partners around the world: Commonwealth Cybercrime Initiative (CCI); International Telecommunication Union (ITU); Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Dynamic Coalition on Child Online Protection; European Financial Coalition (EFC);

16 Case Study Anonymous report received 3 Feb 2012 Content assessed as child sexual abuse and traced to Germany IWF analyst identified UK user details on forum Intelligence passed to CEOP Police covert investigation lead to arrest on 10 Feb 2012 Darren Leggett pleaded guilty to 30 counts of child sexual abuse, 36 films found Minimum seven years before considered for release Three children rescued from further abuse Principles: 10 (reporting mechanisms in place) + 7 (cross-border mechanisms) + 1, 2, 3, 5

17 Thank you for listening

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