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Feb112019
Using crawling and hashing technologies to find child sexual abuse material – The Internet Watch Foundation
In our series on technologies that are used to stop child sexual abuse, we have written about how they work and what they are used for. Following our blogs on web crawlers and hash matching, this post looks at how the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) uses these technologies.
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Jan232019
New index makes it possible to measure responses to SDG 16.2 – but detection of child sexual abuse material is missing
This new benchmarking index, developed by The Economist’s Intelligence Unit, scores 40 different countries across the world.
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May312018
It’s important not to believe in the stereotype
In the NetClean 2017 report, we asked whether there is such a thing as a typical offender who consumes child sexual abuse material. Hanna Harnesk Hjortsberg, a Registered Psychologist working at the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, commented on the findings.
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May162018
Cybercrime and online child sexual abuse – In conversation with Neil J Walsh
We were recently fortunate enough to have a conversation with Neil J Walsh from the UNODC (UN Office on Drugs and Crime) about the UN’s work combatting online child sexual abuse.
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May032018
Technical Model National Response
The model focuses solely on the different technologies and methodologies that need to be in place to effectively fight the spread of child sexual abuse material on a national level.
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Apr162018
Improving current responses: the need for evidence-based decisions
Researcher and lecturer Maggie Brennan, about how academia can contribute to efforts to fight online child sexual abuse.
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Apr102018
A Europe that protects children
The EU Commission recently put out a statement highlighting concrete ideas for how to tackle illegal content online…
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Apr042018
Maggie Brennan: “We need better research for better intervention”
Maggie Brennan: Academic research is central to better, evidence-led decision making in the fight against online child sexual exploitation.
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Mar202018
Susie Hargreaves, IWF: “Embracing partnerships is essential”
Susie Hargreaves, Internet Watch Foundation: There is a widespread perception that the business world doesn’t do enough to fight the dissemination of child sexual abuse material, so we spend a lot of time highlighting the good work that they do.
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Mar082018
Åsa Kastbom: “I feel privileged working with the children we have rescued”
Åsa Kastbom, Senior Doctor at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, talks about how she has the greatest job in the world.
