The Internet Watch Foundation: AI, staff welfare and CSA trends

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The Internet Watch Foundation: AI, staff welfare and CSA trends

Police Oracle visited the Internet Watch Foundation to find out how they are managing some of the crucial difficulties when it comes to identifying and removing online Child Sexual Abuse material.

Date - 14th July 2023
By - Cachella Smith

The Internet Watch Foundation analysed 375,230 reports of suspected online child sexual abuse throughout 2022, of those 255,588 reports contained CSA imagery. Through a memorandum of understanding with the CPS and NPCC, the organisation...

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