The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is calling on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to close significant legal loopholes in the new Online Safety Act, as 2024 has reported record levels of child sexual abuse imagery online. The IWF discovered nearly 300,000 web pages containing such content, highlighting a need for immediate action. Derek Ray-Hill, IWF's interim chief, emphasized the importance of proactive measures and leveraging existing solutions rather than waiting for future innovations, urging the government to instruct tech companies to implement these solutions promptly.
Now, we need him to act decisively again. The new regulations we've all worked so hard to bring in threaten to leave gaping loopholes for criminals to exploit.
The solutions are here, now. They aren't pie-in-the-sky solutions for the future. They exist, and they are trusted. Big tech just needs to be instructed to switch them on.
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