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Call for credit card freeze on porn sites

Major credit card companies should block payments to pornographic sites, according to a group of international campaigners and campaign groups who say they work to tackle sexual exploitation.

Tumblr will now remove all reblogs of posts that violate its hate speech policy

Tumblr on Monday announced an update to its hate speech policy, announcing on its blog that it would start cutting down on the reach of posts considered hate speech by removing all reblogs of ...

Tik Toker’s underage nudes used to harass her

Teenager rose to TikTok fame, then her old underage nudes started to circulate.

IWF 2019 Annual Report

The Internet Watch Foundation have published their online safety report for 2019.

Love story that inspired video chat app Zoom and how hackers hijack sessions with porn

EXCLUSIVE: Chinese founder Eric Yuan used love as his inspiration for Zoom in the late 1980s. Now, as it enjoys massive success across the globe, shareholders say it would be worth more if it wasn’t ...

Coronavirus: ‘Revenge Porn’ surge hits helpline

The lockdown has caused a surge in the number of people contacting the Revenge Porn Helpline, the government-funded service for adults experiencing intimate image abuse.

Coronavirus: Teachers stopped from using Zoom after ‘very serious incidents’

One incident saw hackers hijack the stream of a lesson for teenage girls, forcing pictures of male genitalia to appear on screens.

Internet safety boss: We are at war over harmful online content

Susie Hargreaves from the Internet Watch Foundation called on the public to ‘think about their own behaviour’ in the fight to remove abuse images.

Are there hidden dangers in the Zoom boom?

From publicans to Pilates teachers and even the Prime Minister, millions are now using the video calling app Zoom. But there are fears over how it uses your data.

User-Generated Content Moderation – Why it’s more important than ever

What is User Generated Content Moderation? Why is User Generated Content Moderation so important? Benefits of User Generated Content Moderation? The world as we know it is changing. The COVID-19 ...