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[FYI] UK: A series of hotlines aimed at cleaning up the Internet



http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/09/02/internet.safety/index.htm
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By Lynn Crombie CNN.com Writer  

(CNN) -- A series of hotlines aimed at cleaning up the Internet have 
resulted in thousands of sites being removed from servers in the U.K. 

Since launching in 1996, hotlines run by the U.K.-based Internet 
Watch Foundation (IWF) have been instrumental in getting more than 
25,000 potentially illegal items, mostly child pornography, removed 
from servers.  

And reports passed on from the IWF have resulted in a number of 
successful prosecutions in the U.K. and abroad.  

IWF Chief Executive David Kerr said that the system of hotlines has 
been an effective way of identifying and removing illegal sites and 
said the service providers in the U.K. have been very supportive.  

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