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Chatroom Danger: The role of the Internet Watch Foundation
News The IWF (Internet Watch Foundation) was set up in the autumn of 1996 to look at the growing problem of child pornography on the Internet. Under pressure from both the press and the police the IWF was born -- as a way of proving that the fledging...
[March 15, 2001, 12:43]
Wind up the Internet Watch Foundation
Leader Over time, the facts leaked out: the UK's Internet Watch Foundation, a quasi-governmental entity, had received a complaint about an album cover pictured on Wikipedia, had decided it was illegal, and had instructed all UK ISPs to block it.
[December 8, 2008, 15:42]
A Year Ago: Chat rooms targetted by Internet Watch Foundation
News A government review of the industry backed Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has called for greater powers for the organisation to fight child pornography on the Internet David Kerr, chief executive of IWF believes chat rooms are "the next big...
[March 2, 2000, 5:37]
Chat rooms targetted by Internet Watch Foundation
News David Kerr, chief executive of IWF believes chat rooms are "the next big problem" in the fight against child exploitation on the Internet. Although the police deny using entrapment methods on the Internet, Kerr thinks officers patrolling the Net...
[March 2, 1999, 11:17]
Hooligans on the Net? Experts lash out at media
News Claims that soccer hooligans use the Internet to organise violence have been attacked by the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS), the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and other organisations, all of which claim the issue is being blown...
[August 9, 1999, 16:09]
ISPs could be forced to remove paedophile content
News British ISPs could be compelled to follow Thus' example and remove known child pornography newsgroups from their servers if the Internet Watch foundation is granted greater legal clout in April. The IWF (Internet Watch Foundation) is currently...
[February 21, 2001, 15:05]
Internet watchdog U-turns on Wikipedia ban
News Wikipedia functionality has returned for the UK after the Internet Watch Foundation reversed its decision to prevent users from visiting a Wikipedia page containing an image of a naked child. The Internet Watch Foundation had taken exception to a...
[December 10, 2008, 11:14]
UK ISPs switch on mass Wikipedia censorship
Blog Wikipedia has been added to a Internet Watch Foundation UK website blacklist, and your Internet service provider has decided to block part of your access. The content being filtered is apparently that deemed to meet the Internet Watch Foundation's...
[December 6, 2008, 22:50]
ISPs failing to protect Internet kids
News ISPA, was one of the key bodies that helped launch the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) in 1996, with the purpose of making the Web a safe place for children to surf. Thus, however, has no intention to police illegal content hosted on its servers...
[February 26, 2001, 6:32]
Vorderman attacks Net industry for porn apathy
News At a heated debate of the Internet Watch Foundation's (IWF) first parliamentary meeting in the House of Lords, Vorderman stunned assembled members of the press and children's charities by accusing both government and the Internet industry of...
[January 23, 2001, 12:40]
ISPA says 'Click' will make illegal use of Net easier
News In its five point missive ISPA's chief executive David Kennedy criticises BT's plans to provide a pay-as-you-go service as a hazardous venture that could potentially undermine much of the work done by the Internet Watch Foundation.
[July 13, 1998, 15:50]
A Year Ago: ISPA says 'Click' will make illegal use of Net easier
News In its five point missive ISPA's chief executive David Kennedy criticises BT's plans to provide a pay-as-you-go service as a hazardous venture that could potentially undermine much of the work done by the Internet Watch Foundation.
[July 13, 1999, 6:22]
Thus bends law to avoid responsibility for child porn
News The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) -- the regulatory body responsible for protecting children online -- currently checks for indecent images on the Web by sight, which involves downloading child pornography in order to assess whether or not...
[March 28, 2001, 16:37]
Big Brother Awards nominees plumb new depths
News The Internet Watch Foundation has joint nominations for Most Invasive Company and for Most Heinous Government Organisation. The Internet Watch Foundation earned its nominations for events that led, in early February, to the loss of the only civil...
[February 25, 2002, 11:13]
Super-regulator Ofcom merges tasks
News It plans to develop a code of practice for Internet media firms and will work with the Internet Watch Foundation to ensure it has feedback from a trusted independent source. The Internet Watch Foundation probably just needs to beef up levels of...
[December 13, 2000, 15:51]
IWF chief: Why Wikipedia block went wrong
News The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), an organisation set up by internet service providers to monitor child sexual abuse websites, caused a furore in December when it attempted to block a page on online collaborative encyclopaedia Wikipedia.
[February 20, 2009, 16:00]
IWF crackdown on Net paedophiles gets £100,000
News The UK's online pornography regulator the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) announced over £100,000 of additional funding on Monday to help implement some of the recommendations contained in the government-backed Chat Wise, Street Wise report.
[April 3, 2001, 15:13]
Internet watchdog chief quits
News The decision comes amid controversy over whether the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) should beef up its powers for dealing with illegal content on the Internet. The chief executive of the Internet's regulatory body in the UK has announced that he...
[January 7, 2002, 16:53]
Resignation rush threatens Internet watchdog
News A document leaked to ZDNet UK News reveals that Clive Feather notified the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) of his decision to quit the board and the Funding Council by email on 20 December. The former chair of the British Internet watchdog has...
[January 8, 2002, 13:50]
Firms keep silent over child pornography
News Most UK companies would rather keep quiet than call the police if they caught employees downloading child pornography, according to research published by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) on Wednesday.
[May 11, 2005, 12:30]
