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4: The results<br />
Although the URL numbers are relatively small compared to the<br />
global problem, it’s important the UK remains a hostile place for<br />
criminals to host this content.<br />
21 companies’ services in the UK were abused to host child sexual<br />
abuse images or videos during <strong>2019</strong>. We issue takedown notices<br />
to UK companies, whether they’re in <strong>IWF</strong> membership or not.<br />
• 19 companies who were abused were not <strong>IWF</strong> Members.<br />
• 2 companies were <strong>IWF</strong> Members.<br />
Non-photographic child sexual<br />
abuse imagery<br />
<strong>IWF</strong>’s remit includes the identification and<br />
removal of UK-hosted non-photographic<br />
child sexual abuse images and videos.<br />
• Despite receiving 8,057 reports of<br />
suspected non-photographic child<br />
sexual abuse imagery from external<br />
sources, no reports were confirmed<br />
as UK-hosted non-photographic child<br />
sexual abuse imagery in <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
Complaints<br />
Anyone can lodge a complaint to <strong>IWF</strong><br />
to appeal the inclusion of a URL on our<br />
URL List service, the receipt of a Notice<br />
and Takedown or make a more general<br />
complaint.<br />
• In <strong>2019</strong> we received 41 complaints<br />
regarding the inclusion of a URL on<br />
our URL List, and three for the receipt<br />
of a Notice and Takedown.<br />
• Of these, none were upheld. This<br />
means we could confidently assure the<br />
complainant that the issue raised did<br />
not stem directly from any <strong>IWF</strong> action,<br />
or that the assessment made by our<br />
analysts was legitimate and lawful.<br />
• We have an independent appeals<br />
process. Information is found<br />
at iwf.org.uk.<br />
What can we do<br />
about this?<br />
The UK is one of the few<br />
countries in the world where nonphotographic<br />
child sexual abuse<br />
imagery is criminal. When we<br />
find this content hosted in the UK,<br />
we issue a notice to the hosting<br />
provider who removes the content.<br />
This hasn’t happened in the<br />
UK since 2016.<br />
However, this content does exist<br />
online and if UK-hosted, would fail<br />
UK laws. Technology companies<br />
want the flexibility of being able<br />
to block and filter this content<br />
to prevent their customers from<br />
stumbling across it. Therefore, we<br />
created the NPI List, which contains<br />
cartoons, drawings, computergenerated<br />
imagery (CGI) and other<br />
non-photographic representations<br />
of child sexual abuse which is<br />
hosted outside of the UK.<br />
The URLs provided in the NPI<br />
List are those deemed at the<br />
time of assessment to breach UK<br />
legislation, specifically Sections<br />
62 to 69 of the Coroners and Justice<br />
Act 2009. Several international<br />
technology companies use this<br />
list to protect their services for<br />
their customers.<br />
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