INTERNET WATCH FOUNDATION (IWF) AWARENESS DAY, 24th OCTOBER 2008

Early day motion 2339, tabled 23 October 2008 by Alun Michael (Labour). Signed by 59 members.

That this House notes Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) Awareness Day on 24th October 2008; welcomes the united efforts of the wider internet and telecoms industry, charities, trade bodies and other IWF stakeholders and supporters in raising public awareness of the IWF `Hotline' reporting service; recognises the IWF's self-regulatory good practice and partnership approach which has achieved a near eradication of child sexual abuse websites hosted in the UK and has led to IWF's facilitation of the UK-wide voluntary blocking of child sexual abuse websites hosted abroad, by the online sector, to protect UK internet users; and calls for wider international action to eradicate online child abuse worldwide.

Signatures by party: Labour 35, Liberal Democrat 14, Conservative 3, DUP 3, Independent 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2.