1. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Frank Glen Operations Manager

2. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 2 Recognise these headlines?

3. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 3 or these?

4. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 4 Council of Europe Looks to Fight Cybercrime Child pornography on the Internet is an industry worth approximately $20 billion this year. Surveys in 2003 suggest that child pornography accounts for 24 percent of image searches in peer-to- peer applications. Source: Newsday.com 15.9.4

5. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 5 Overview History –Accountability Remit Operation –legislation Partnerships –UK & International Future Challenges

6. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 6 History SafetyNet (9/96) NFP > charity Non statutory - relevant authority(S46 SOA 2003) Internet Hotline – core

7. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 7 Accountability Main Board –1 + 6 + 3 Funding Council –Members Representatives

8. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 8 Remit To foster trust and confidence in the Internet among current and future Internet users –Hotline – CAI: Criminally Obscene: Racist –Visibility To assist service providers combat the abuse of their systems –Notice & takedown –Newsgroups –CAI URL Service To assist LEA ’ s in the fight against criminal content on the Internet. –Info to similar hotlines –Info to LEA ’ s across the world

9. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 9 Operation Internet Hotline –Reactive/Proactive –Universal Notice and Takedown – UK –Newsgroup Monitoring –Global Reach Members Services –Paedophile words and terms (Search Engines) –Newsgroup Lists –CAI URL List

10. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 10 www.iwf.org.uk

11. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 11 Legislation Obscenity & Racist Criminally Obscene –Obscene Publications Act 1959 & 1964 –Corrupt or deprave –illegal to distribute but not to possess –needs to be hosted in UK Criminally Racist –Public Order Act 1986 –Incite racial hatred/violence –needs to be hosted in UK

12. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 12 Child Protection Child Abuse –protection of Children Act 1978 & Civic Government Act 1982 Scotland –Sexual Offences Act 2003 Indecent child photographs are illegal to –take, permit to be taken, make, possess, show, distribute or advertise Note: Make includes deliberate act of Downloading

13. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 13 Sexual Offences Act 2003 Section 45 –Age of a child rose from 16 to 18 years. Any indecent photograph of a child apparently under 18 is now illegal Section 46 –Limited defence introduced for making copies of illegal images of children –MoU to clarify Note: England & Wales

14. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 14 Sect 46 MOU MOU to section 46 between CPS and ACPO The aim of the memorandum is to help clarify the position of ICT professionals so that they will be re-assured of protection where they are acting to combat the creation and distribution of images of child abuse.

15. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 15 Sect 46 MOU Must act genuinely to prevent, investigate, or detect crime under the Protection of Children Act 1978 Must be acting in their professional capacity with an identified role when “making” copies Must restrict access and securely store images Must be reported in a timely manner

16. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 16 Sect 46 MOU No making more copies of each image than is needed in all the circumstances: e.g. an individual reporting an image seen on a website does not need to examine the rest of the site or similar sites No irrelevant distribution or unnecessary personal storage

17. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 17 Liability of intermediary service providers Came into force on 21st August 2002 Without knowledge - not Liable for: –Mere conduit –Caching –Hosting No obligation to monitor Must expeditiously remove illegal content when notified

18. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 18 Online Areas Websites Newsgroups Bulletin Boards Community Groups Search Engines Chatrooms? P2P?

19. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 19 Deleted Slides Some slides referencing Illegal sites have been deleted at the request of IWF Distribution of these would be seen as site promotion

20. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 20 Traceability

21. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 21 Statistics 1997-2004 Online Reports

22. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 22 Percentage of illegal content hosted in the UK 1997 – 2004

23. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 23 Illegal Content by Region-2004

24. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 24 UK Partnerships Industry –ISPs/CSPs/Mobile Providers –Banking Law Enforcement –NCS/NHTCU/NSY –NHTCU S/ NCIS S Government –Home Office/DTI/H.O. Task Force

25. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 25 International Relationships EU Safer Internet Action Plan (SIAP) Internet Hotline Providers Association (INHOPE) 21 Hotlines worldwide –Euro – North America – Asia – Australia

26. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 26 www.inhope.org

27. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 27 INHOPE Objectives Exchanging expertise Exchanging reports Supporting new hotlines Interfacing with initiatives outside the EU Educating and informing policy makers, particularly at the international level

28. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 28 Future Challenges Traceability Jurisdiction & Incompatibility of laws Mobile internet CAI URL service - Cleanfeed Peer2Peer Encryption

29. RSCNI 20 th May 2005 Internet Watch © 29 Contact Details Organisation:Internet Watch Foundation Address:5 Coles Lane, Oakington, Cambridge, CB4 5BA, UK Tel: +44 1223 237700 Fax:+44 1223 235921 eMail: frank@iwf.org.uk Web: http://www.iwf.org.uk Contact: Frank Glen