The new office will manage the UK promotion of Watchdog International’s NetClean WhiteBox; a one-size-fits-all internet blocking and filtering service. It offers the cheapest, simplest and most effective solution for the more than 400 UK broadband suppliers who feel there are barriers to implementing technical solutions to block access to websites known to contain child sexual abuse images. The NetClean WhiteBox system supplied by Watchdog International is already being used by Warrington-based ISP Talk Internet and aims to eradicate easy access to known images of child sexual abuse via the Internet.

New UK Country Manager for Watchdog International, Peter Milford, is an expert in Internet regulation and management issues. In his previous role at NewNet, a medium sized ISP, he provided regulatory and compliance advice and guidance for all legal notifications and responses. He also has extensive experience in education and in managing large-scale trans-national projects including institutions in a number of European countries.

Watchdog’s research into the deployment of filtering services suggests that fewer than 45 ISPs in the UK have to date implemented a system that blocks access to illegal child sexual abuse image (CSAI) material. Over 400 ISPs do not currently have such a system in place.

Many ISPs promote broadband to homes and home offices - Small Office Home Office or SOHO products. These residential business connections are often used for both work and leisure and Watchdog research shows that there are around 200 ISPs offering residential and business access of which only 13 per cent provide filtering.

Of the 150 ISPs specialising in providing Internet services to business just 7 per cent currently implement filtering to prevent access to illegal content in the workplace.

Just weeks ago, Colin Blanchard - part of the trio of paedophiles involved in the Little Ted’s Day Nursery case – was using his office computer to gain access to the horrific images shared by Vanessa George. A colleague alerted police after he logged into his office PC and found the shocking images.

Peter Milford said, “Talk Internet is the perfect example for UK ISPs to follow – a primarily business ISP that takes its corporate responsibilities seriously. NetClean WhiteBox provides Talk Internet with an effective, low cost system that protects users from child sexual abuse content without interfering with the speed and reliability of their network.”

He continued, “To date the UK Internet industry has had an excellent track record of fighting illegal content on the Internet, exemplified by the establishment of the Internet Watch Foundation. We must now learn lessons from the excellent work that New Zealand has undertaken to combat the distribution of child sexual abuse images on the Internet. The New Zealand implementation does not distinguish between business or residential connections as participating ISPs filter all connections.

” Watchdog's Managing Director, Peter Mancer, said, "Child protection is at the centre of everything Watchdog International does but until now there has been no one-size-fits-all technical method of blocking images of child sexual abuse. By making Peter Milford UK Country Manager we can use both his experience with UK ISPs and his knowledge of local and European Internet regulation to promote the NetClean WhiteBox and its benefits to UK Internet users.”

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