- child sexual abuse images hosted anywhere in the world
- criminally obscene content hosted in the UK
- incitement to racial hatred content hosted in the UK
follow this link http://www.iwf.org.uk/
We work in partnership with UK Government departments such as the Home Office, the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform to influence initiatives and programmes developed to combat online abuse. This dialogue goes beyond the UK and Europe, to ensure greater awareness of global issues and responsibilities. We are a self-regulatory body, funded by the EU and the wider online industry. This includes internet service providers (ISPs), mobile operators and manufacturers, content service providers, telecommunications and filtering companies, search providers and the financial sector as well as blue-chip and other organisations who support us for corporate social responsibility reasons. Through the 'Hotline' reporting system, we help ISPs to combat abuse of their services through a ‘notice and take-down' service by alerting them to any potentially illegal content within our remit on their systems and simultaneously inviting the police to investigate the publisher. As a result, less than 1% of potentially illegal content has apparently been hosted in the UK since 2003, down from 18% in 1997. In partnership with many organisations, we strive to create continued awareness of the role and purpose of the IWF and aim to foster trust and reassurance in the internet for current and future users. Please note that the terms "child pornography" or "child porn" can act to legitimise images which are not pornography. Rather, they are permanent records of children being sexually abused and as such should be referred to as child sexual abuse images. IWF is an incorporated charity, limited by guarantee. Charity No. 1112398
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 237 700