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Does the UK have a blinkered approach to piracy? 17 Jul 2013 | 08:32 pm
A culture of sharing has always been at the heart of the internet, and it was inevitable that digital entertainment content would become part of that sharing. Pornography, movies and music are the mo...
To tweet or not to tweet? That is the question. 12 Jul 2013 | 06:47 pm
One university has started providing “extreme tweeting” lessons. When presented with complex pieces of text, students are asked to summarise the key findings in 140 characters for Twitter. The “micro-...
preventing filter avoidance 3 Jul 2013 | 10:02 pm
Since David Cameron appointed Claire Perry as his special advisor on Preventing Commercialisation and Sexualisation of Childhood the pressure has been firmly applied to ISPs to deliver network level f...
Cyber Attacks on the rise 1 Jul 2013 | 08:01 pm
The BBC has revealed today to up to 70 sophisticated cyber-attacks are being directed at UK based organisations. In the interview GCHQ director Sir Iain Lobban said that business secrets were being st...
Online shoppers warned to be secure 27 Nov 2012 | 03:35 pm
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IWF Awareness Day 24 Oct 2012 | 02:29 pm
The IWF was established in 1996 by the UK internet industry and works in partnership with the wider online industry, law enforcement, government, the education sector, charities, international partner...
IWF report catches sexual offender 22 Jun 2012 | 12:38 am
Darren Leggett is starting an indeterminate seven year sentence today (21 June) after pleading guilty to more than 30 counts of child sexual abuse over a six year period on children as young as six. ...
SCMagazine: "ISPs and web filtering - are MPs right?" 6 Jun 2012 | 06:09 pm
As we wait for the David Cameron's consultation on whether ISPs should have to implement opt-out blocks on pornography, it's worth taking the time to think more broadly about whether the network level...
O2 Porn Filesharers 1 Jun 2012 | 01:42 am
The article continues: The High Court has now approved the text of the message that will be sent. Ben Dover has said its focus is on users who had uploaded films to others. The commercial director ...
Mixed messages from Government when it comes to filtering for porn 3 May 2012 | 02:17 am
MP’s have called for tighter filters to prevent children seeing unsuitable content online following a cross-party parliamentary inquiry into the issue which has concluded that the government and inter...
