Tag archive: IWF

Yesterday it was banned, today it’s not. UK watchdog, the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has backed away from its ban of the cover of the Scorpions’ 1976 album, Virgin Killer, on Wikipedia. After the IWF had labeled it as “potential illegal child sexual abuse” a number of British ISPs had blocked the image. Very quickly, however, the IWF has been forced to do a U-turn, admitting that since the image is 32 years… Read More

The British-based Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has released the results of a study on online child pornography that shows the problem seems to be worseningrather than improving.   It’s also working with major Internet companies to publicize a UK hotline by which those who stumble across the sites when surfing can report them to police.  According to the study, 1.5 million UK users, or one in 20 of all UK adults Web users, have… Read More