Tata Communications has become the first Indian Internet Service Provider (ISP) to partner with the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) to counter online child porn.
As a member of the IWF, Tata Communications will have an access to the Internet Watch Foundation URL list service, which consists of web pages with Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). By using this, Tata Communications has blocked access of their users to CSAM content available online. This move comes in response to the order by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology released on April 18, 2017 asking the ISPs to implement the list offered by the Internet Watch Foundation to curb the spread and access of CSAM online.
Manish Sansi- General Council India and Company Secretary, Tata Communications, said, “we are most proud to be the first ISP in India to join hands with the IWF and reinstate our commitment to protecting our customers from malicious online content.”
Susie Hargreaves, CEO of the Internet Watch Foundation, said, “This partnership puts us all one step closer to achieving a safer internet, by disrupting the hosting and distribution of child sexual abuse material online.”
Tata Communications is the fifth largest global internet backbone service provider with close to 28 per cent of the traffic routes travelling through the Tata Communications’ network and both the companies look forward to having a strong partnership to block CSAM.