Cases of online child sex abuse has continued to grow during the COVID-19 pandemic as families found themselves at home facing school closures and social distancing, resulting in their children spending more and more time on the internet. Although these drastic measures were necessary, it has led to an increase in unmonitored internet access, contributing […]
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The Call to Action for Increased Online Safety The internet is the fastest growing communications medium in history. It has made our lives quicker, easier, entertaining, and more connected than ever before. With all these conveniences also comes increased risk. The online world as we know it was not built for safety – it was built for speed.
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There is nothing new about written laws — they have been around for thousands of years, and they predate paper. The internet has changed the landscape and governments are now struggling to enforce the law of the land on the internet. Since the digital introduction of business on the internet, existing laws have rarely been enforced online. Governments have traditionally only taken
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At Netsweeper, our data shows that terrorist and extremist content are on the rise on the internet — hate speech sites alone have more than doubled since the pandemic again. Our partner, the CTIRU (Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit) has seen a 7% increase in 2020 the amount of suspected terrorist content, compared to the year previous.
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Geoff, our Product Manager, joins us to help dispel some common myths regarding web filtering. Myth #1: Web Filtering is Only About Control Myth #2: Cloud is the Only Right Solution Myth #3: A UTM is an Appropriate Solution for Web Filtering
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At Netsweeper, our data shows that child exploitation, cybercrime, and illicit content are on the rise on the internet – child exploitation sites alone have quadrupled since the pandemic again, and the Internet Watch Foundation has seen a 77% increase in the amount of self-generated child sexual abuse content. Now more than ever, web filtering has become a necessity to protect users on the internet.
How to Combat Violent and Extremist Content Online Originally published July 9, 2019 and updated June 5, 2020. On March 15, 2019, the mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand was live-streamed for a world-wide audience. Videos of the attack continued to be uploaded, despite Facebook’s best efforts to remove this harmful content on the internet months after the shooting.
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You Can’t Manage What You Can’t Measure – The Problem with GDP Metrics in the New World Economy Perry Roach, CEO of Netsweeper and Economics Graduate of the University of Western Ontario The current method of calculating GDP is inherently flawed. The anonymity and globalization of what was once a clear concise market, easy to
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How to Manage the Spread of Content During Online Crisis Events G20 government leaders at the June 2019 Japan Summit have agreed to look at implementing an Internet content blocking system for online crisis events. What does this mean and how do we execute this in each country and connect the world in real time?
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Who is responsible for online sales tax collection? The conversation surrounding online sales tax collection between states has been a focus of discussion of late. As more and more brick and mortar business are struggling to keep their doors open, the question of opening a shop online and its benefits become more and more prominent.
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Have you ever made an online purchase through eCommerce merchants? In honour of World Consumer Rights Day 2018, we thought we would take the opportunity to rename.share with you what is happening with regards to value-added taxes (VAT, HST, Sales Tax, GST) and how this affects the you as a citizen of your country. In
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Over the past few years, the United Kingdom has been at the forefront of counter-terrorism…
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