Web Site Access
Malcolm S. Muir
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has launched a service to its
members in which it provides a list of URLs of websites hosted
outside the UK which are known to contain indecent images of
children. ISPs and filtering companies can use the list to
implement systems that prevent Internet users gaining access to
these illegal websites.
We take the issue of paedophile activity on the Internet
extremely seriously and, as a founding member of the Internet
Watch Foundation, work with the Home Office, law enforcement
agencies and industry counterparts to minimise risk in this area.
We have decided to implement a blocking system based on the IWF
list as a service to all our Demon customers, to protect them from
accidentally viewing illegal child abuse imagery, and as part of
our commitment to stamping out child abuse on the Internet.
This blocking system is being rolled out across our network and we
anticipate the work to be completed in early January 2008.
Customers attempting to access a site that is blocked by this
process will see a page informing them of the problem. An example
can be found here:
<http://www.demon.net/error/403-blocked.html>
Further details of the IWF list can be found here:
<http://www.iwf.org.uk/public/page.148.htm>
Information about our implementation can be found in the following
FAQ:
<http://www.demon.net/helpdesk/technicallibrary/faq/thus_iwf_web_filter/>
Malcolm Muir
D e m o n
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Malcolm S. Muir D e m o n
Sunderland 322 Regents Park Road
England London N3 2QQ
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