Tiscali and the Internet Watch Foundation

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is the only authorised organisation in the UK operating an internet hotline for the public to report their exposure to potentially illegal content online. Today (24 October 2008) is the IWF National Awareness Day. We encourage you to support the aims of the IWF. You can find out more about the IWFs work and how you can report abusive content below.

Originally set up as a self regulating industry body but now a registered charity, the IWF works in partnership with UK Government departments such as the Home Office and the Department of Trade and Industry.

As a funding member of the IWF, Tiscali supports their aim to minimise the availability of potentially illegal internet content, specifically:

child abuse images hosted anywhere in the world

criminally obscene content hosted in the UK

incitement to racial hatred content hosted in the UK

Search: Protecting Children Online

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) provides a dynamic list of URLs for websites which contain potentially illegal child abuse content. This list is supplied to companies like Tiscali who have voluntarily agreed to use it to block access to these URLs, thereby protecting their customers and other internet users from being inadvertently exposed to such content.

Earlier in 2007, the UK Government asked internet service providers to state if they were or were not taking the IWF list. Tiscali is taking the IWF list and has agreed to be included.

As a funding member of the Internet Watch Foundation, Tiscali is working with the UK Government, its agencies and other industry partners to ensure that illegal internet content is unavailable online in the UK. Find out more about our work with the Internet Watch Foundation.

The IWF exists to prevent unsavoury or illegal content from reaching end users PC screens. It does this in a variety of ways. You can help that process by reporting content that you believe is illegal or obscene. The links below will help you to identify what to report and how.

What types of internet content can I report to the IWF?

Report illegal or offensive content to the IWF here

Tiscali takes the whole issue of online security seriously and provides a range of information, products and services to help you and your family stay safe online. We have listed some of these resources below:

Tiscali Child Protection from Crisp

How to help kids stay safe online

Children and Instant Messaging

How children use the internet

Children and Cyber-Bullying

In addition, the links below may provide useful information and resources.

The Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre is a government sponsored initiative which aims to inform parents, guardians and most importantly, kids, of the issues they may face online. There are tips on avoiding these dangers and links to sources of help and advice.
Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre

Whether blogging, gaming, sharing files or pictures, social networking on MySapce, Bebo or Facebook or chatting, kids face risks online. Get top tips and ket your kids have fun with a range of gaming tools and shortcuts from the government sponsored Think U Know.
Think U Know