IWF Annual and Charity Report 2013 Kristof Claesen, Press and Public Affairs Manager Copyright © 2014 Internet Watch Foundation. All Rights Reserved. 1

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2013 at a glance 4

IWF Members (2013) 5

Members vs non-members 6

Other trends 7 Of the 13,182 child sexual abuse webpages confirmed by the IWF, 3,203 (24%) were assessed as being commercial in nature IWF URL list contained on average 897 URLs, updated twice ever day IWF keyword list contained 440 words specifically related to CSAM (December) 3,209 reports received of alleged criminally obscene adult content, 7 were assessed as such and hosted in the UK, in which case we work with law enforcement 6 URLs were assessed as depicting non-photographic child sexual abuse content and were passed on the NCA CEOP Command 353 ‘disguised websites’ using a specific digital pathway (‘referrer’) Between June and December, 392 reports were received relating to ‘hacked websites’, mainly affecting UK businesses

Other developments 8 Membership review resulting in a different membership structure and fee levels Start recruitment of 7 additional content analysts Transparency and accountability: Introduction of ‘Splash Pages’ by major ISPs (pilot project) IWF Human Rights Review by Lord Ken Macdonald, former Director of Public Prosecution (available on Hotline Inspection (available on

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