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TeliaSonera International Carrier: TeliaSonera launches service that
prevents distribution of material depicting child sexual abuse
(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
RDATE:04092008
In an effort to prevent the spreading of material containing child
sexual abuse over the internet, TeliaSonera international Carrier today
launched a free service allowing operators and Internet Service
Providers the ability to deny their users access to web sites
containing this type of material.
TeliaSonera International Carrier (TSIC) is a global provider of
IP-services with a network spanning around the globe. A considerable
amount of all internet traffic takes place in TSIC's network. Taking a
stand against child sexual abuse content online is an important part of
TeliaSonera's corporate social responsibility and with its global
IP-network the company is in a good position to considerably prevent
the further spreading of material containing child sexual abuse.
- Launching a service that prevents the spreading of this type of
material is an important step toward protecting the safety of children
all over the world. We now hope that our customers, operators and ISPs,
join forces with us and activate this service toward their end-users,
said Malin Frenning, President Telia Sonera International Carrier.
The service is based on a solution provided by the Swedish company
NetClean and uses a dynamic and comprehensive list from the UK-based
Internet Watch Foundation. The list contains live child sexual abuse
URL's. Internet Watch Foundation continuously identifies and registers
web sites containing child sexual abuse material.
- We are the first carrier to launch this type of solution in an
international IP-network and we sincerely hope that our colleagues
within the industry join this initiative, said Malin Frenning.
This is how the service works:
The service denies end users access to previously identified web sites
containing material with child sexual abuse images. This means that if
a user, willingly or not, tries to access such a page, he or she will
instead be confronted with a stop sign, explaining why the page is not
available for viewing. The service has been developed together with the
company NetClean and the identified URLs are continuously updated by
the independent organisation Internet Watch Foundation.
Endorsements:
"We commend TeliaSonera International Carrier's efforts to stop the
spread of child sexual abuse images on the Internet. Many companies
have corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies in place, but it is
seldom that a single company can wield such influence and exercise its
power to achieve such far-reaching effects to protect children around
the world from sexual exploitation on the internet. We encourage
everyone to join the efforts to block access to these websites."
Helena Karlen, Secretary General, ECPAT Sweden
"Childhood is delighted that one of the projects we have previously
supported, NetClean Technologies, and one of our founding members,
TeliaSonera, are finding ways to establish a strategic cooperation
within an area that we know is both important and possible to
influence. "
Gunilla von Arbin, Secretary General, World Childhood Foundation
"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
About TeliaSonera International Carrier(www.teliasoneraic.com)
TeliaSonera International Carrier owns and manages over 43,000
kilometers of fiber-optic cable and has more than 100 points of
presence across Europe, the US and Asia. In Europe, we handle more IP
traffic and sell more capacity between countries than any other
communications provider. Over 85 percent of the European internet
market uses our IP backbone.
Competing against other wholesale carriers from around the world,
TeliaSonera International Carrier was awarded Best Wholesale Carrier at
the World Communication Awards 2007. A crucial factor in clinching the
award was the fact that we provide consistently high-quality services.
About Netclean (www.netclean.com)
NetClean is the world leading company when it comes to develop tools to
support every aspect to protect children online. NetClean has a wide
range of experience in the field of combating child sexual abuse
content online and develops its product's in cooperation with police
forces worldwide. NetClean also has a close cooperation with NGO's, for
example IWF (Internet Watch Foundation) and World Childhood Foundation,
founded by H.M, Queen Silvia of Sweden.
About the Internet Watch Foundation (www.iwf.org.uk):
The Internet Watch Foundation is the UK internet Hotline' for the
public and IT professionals to report their inadvertent exposure to
potentially illegal online content within our remit, primarily child
sexual abuse images hosted anywhere in the world. We are a
self-regulatory body, funded by the EU and the wider online industry,
including internet service providers (ISPs), mobile operators and
manufacturers, content service providers, telecommunications and
filtering companies, search providers and the financial sector as well
as other organisations who support us for corporate social
responsibility reasons. We work in partnership with the UK government
to influence initiatives developed to combat online abuse and this
dialogue goes beyond the UK and Europe to ensure greater awareness of
global issues, trends and responsibilities. We work internationally
with INHOPE and other relevant authorities and organisations to
encourage wider adoption of good practice in combating online child
sexual abuse content and to promote inclusive and united global
responses to this dynamic, cross-border criminality.
TeliaSonera provides telecommunication services in the Nordic and
Baltic countries, in Spain and the emerging markets of Eurasia,
including Russia and Turkey. We are the leading European provider of
quality cross-border voice, IP and capacity services, provided through
our wholly-owned international carrier network. In 2007, TeliaSonera's
net sales amounted to SEK 96 billion, and at the end of December 2007
the total number of subscriptions exceeded 114 million in 18 countries.
The TeliaSonera share is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and the
Helsinki Stock Exchange, and the company is included in the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index. Simplicity and service are important tools for us
in creating profitable growth and value for our customers and
shareholders. Read more at www.teliasonera.com
CONTACT: Press Office, TeliaSonera
Tel: +46 (0)8 713 58 30
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