Stockholm, Sweden — Swedish carrier TeliaSonera Thursday announced it will block user access to material deemed promoting child sexual abuse. The free service is being offered to Internet Service Providers and others.
The service was created in partnership with NetClean, a Swedish-based organization offering products for safe Internet surfing by children, and the UK-based Internet Watch Foundation.
The Internet block works by comparing a user’s destination against a constantly-updated list of URLs provided by IWF. If the two match, a “stop sign” is displayed.
“We fully support the initiative to implement international blocking of offensive websites. Blocking access to these sites is a vital step against a harmful industry and toward a safer world for our children. These sites are not just illegal and deeply hurtful for the abused children but also serve as the financial engine for the criminal activity on the Internet.” Anders Persson, Criminal Intelligence Officer at Interpol’s General Secretariat in Lyon, France and Chairman of the Sub-Group Victim Identification of Interpol’s specialist group on Crimes against Children.
In July, several U.S. ISPs joined with New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, pledging to block Web sites and newsgroups believed to spread child pornography.
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