In Conversation With
A series of shortcasts from the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) about their leading non-profit work tackling online child sexual abuse. Our series of short podcasts feature discussions with leading experts and academics covering a wide variety of topics including tech, encryption, policy and how these impact the criminal circulation of child sexual imagery online. Find out more at iwf.org.uk
Episodes
9 episodes
9. How online predators use privacy apps
The future we want for the internet? Child sexual abuse, offenders, and the apps they use to avoid detection. New research shows online offenders are choosing end-to-end encrypted messaging apps to contact children and to spr...
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Episode 9
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30:10
8. Too Close for comfort: Understanding 'self-generated' child sexual abuse material
The increase in self-generated child sexual abuse content is alarming. In 2022, more than three quarters (78%) of the webpages IWF identified as containing child sexual abuse material were tech-enabled, ie created via smartphones or webcams wit...
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Episode 8
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29:09
7. AI – the power to harm and to help
In Conversation With Thorn’s Head of Data Science Rebecca Portnoff and IWF Chief Technology Officer Dan Sexton. This episode explores what needs to be done to try and control the explosion in harmful AI-generated child abuse imag...
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Episode 7
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28:29
6. What next for online safety laws?
As the Online Safety Bill becomes the Online Safety Act, the Internet Watch Foundation looks at what is next.In this podcast, children’s online safety expert Natalia Greene and IWF Head of Policy and Public Affairs Mike Tunks explain thi...
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Episode 6
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34:26
5. Nowhere to Hide?
Nowhere to Hide is part of the IWF’s In Conversation With series exploring the technological and political issues surrounding the global spread of child sexual abuse material. This episode looks at ...
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Episode 5
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13:44
4. Disturbing New Trend: In Conversation With IWF Hotline Manager
Our analysts in the Hotline have discovered a disturbing new trend, what they’ve called iCAP sites or “invite child abuse pyramid” sites. These sites encourage users to share links to criminal child sexual abuse material, spamming social media ...
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Episode 4
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15:50
3. Join our Hotline Team: In Conversation With IWF Internet Content Analysts
Protecting children is at the heart of everything we do. Our team of expert analysts do one of the most difficult, yet crucial, jobs in the world - searching for and seeking the removal of online child sexual abuse imagery.It’s a tough j...
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Episode 3
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14:52
2. The Hidden Crimes in our Children’s Bedroom: In Conversation With IWF Senior Analyst, Rosa
New data released by the IWF today shows that almost 20,000 webpages identified by our team in the first half of 2022 included 'self-generated' child sexual abuse imagery of 7-to-10-year-old children - a 360% increase on the first half of 2020 ...
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22:00
1. Encryption Vs. Privacy: In Conversation With Professor Hany Farid and IWF Head of Policy & Public Affairs Mike Tunks
“The introduction of end-to-end encryption technologies has led to a debate around the apparent dichotomy of good child safety and good general user privacy and security,” reads a new report by Dr Ian Levy and Crispin Robinson, respect...
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Episode 1
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