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.
The UK Department for Education has created online safeguarding requirements that set the standard for child protection. These requirements are intended to ensure that schools provide the necessary online protections to complement their overall safeguarding strategy. There have been three new updates made to the guidance: Changes made to reflect the law (reflecting mandatory Relationship
COVID-19 has been big business for child exploitation. So, I wasn’t surprised to see news reports about the alleged non-consensual porn, child-sex abuse and rape on the website Pornhub — a Quebec-based company with a huge global following.
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In a ground-breaking move, the UK government has announced four new laws aimed at tackling the growing threat of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) generated by artificial intelligence (AI). This initiative marks the UK as the first country in the world to criminalize the possession, creation, and distribution of AI tools designed to produce CSAM.
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According to the Global Threat Assessment 2021, 54% of children globally have experienced at least one harmful online sexual encounter in their lifetime. Our Gen Z’s and Alpha’s entire lives are digital. Children grow up immersed in social media, their academic and social lives have gone from in person to online, and technology has kept
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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 one point bullying used to be much different than what it is now. It used to take the form of shoving someone on the playground, picking someone last to be on your dodgeball team, or not making room at your table in the cafeteria. But in today’s world, bullying takes on a whole other
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In today’s digitally interconnected world, the internet serves as both a gateway to knowledge and a potential risk to student safety. Schools, increasingly reliant on online platforms for education, face a growing challenge: how to safeguard their students from the lurking dangers of the digital age. Among these threats, online predators remain one of the
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The internet, while a hub of innovation and connectivity, also harbours significant risks, especially for vulnerable individuals like children and teenagers. The anonymity and vast reach of the online world have facilitated cyberbullying, exposure to harmful content, encounters with online predators, and other malicious activities that create unsafe digital environments. These threats are not hypothetical;
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Canada is one of the safest countries for children—until they’re online. In the digital world, children face a growing threat of predators, cyberbullying, and harmful content. Without strong protections in place, every child is vulnerable, regardless of parental efforts to keep them safe. Our partner, the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P), has launched the
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