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The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), an organisation set up by ISPs to monitor child sexual abuse websites, caused a furore in December when it attempted to block a page on online collaborative encyclopaedia Wikipedia. Through a combination of ...


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Unsurprisingly, the IWF don't appear to backpedal on the listing if the WP image, but regret the blowback. I shouldn't rule out Wikiporn II.

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In relation to the Wikipedia incident, that particular matter came about after a judgement about an image of a prepubescent girl on the website, which we considered to be indecent. A combination of factors led to an unfair level of criticism. We accept there were a number of issues about the technology that didn't work, and those lessons will be taken forward.


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