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28/10/2008
Confusion over reporting of illegal net content |
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A large number of people are unsure what to do when they discover illegal material on the internet.
That is according to the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), which has said that over 75 per cent of people are unaware that it exists as a means to report the detection of such material.
A female spokesperson from the organisation said that this is despite many people having issues such as sexual content featuring children at the very top of their list of concerns.
She explained that the law will protect someone who reports the content if they happened upon it by accident, but not if they purposefully sought it out.
The spokeswoman said: "If you have accidently been exposed to child sexual abuse content on the internet, you should report it to the relevant organisation like the IWF or the police.
"The law protects you if you have accidently stumbled, but it doesn't protect you if you seek out this material even if it is to report it to the IWF."
Research from Nielsen Online, published in June 2008, showed that the amount of time Brits spend on the internet every month has increased by four per cent since last year.
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