Watchdog International Installs Internet Filter in Mauritius
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Internet filtering specialist Watchdog International Limited has installed a national Internet filtering system in the Republic of Mauritius for the ICT Authority of Mauritius (ICTA). The Authority wishes to block access to child sexual abuse (CSA) web sites for all Internet users in their country as this is illegal. The system uses technology from NetClean in Sweden called the Whitebox and URL block lists provided by both the Internet Watch Foundation in the UK and Interpol. It consists of a bank of servers hosted by the ICTA and ISPs in the country connect to this system. Utilising BGP redirection and URL filtering techniques ensures that the system can be very effective with no adverse affect on internet performance. Trials of the system over a four month period prior to the installation logged 142,000 accesses to web sites containing CSA material from one ISP network in the country.
Trilok Dabeesing, ICT director for the ICTA, says “We were aware of the NetClean system being used in New Zealand for the blocking of CSA and we chose the same system due to the ease of implemention for ISPs and the fact that it could be centrally hosted and managed. We are pleased that Mauritius is now able to join the growing number of nations that wish to play their part to stop the sexual abuse of children for the purpose of putting their images on the Internet as well as preventing illegal activity within our country. Watchdog worked well with local ISPs and our team to ensure a smooth implementation ”.
Peter Mancer, Managing Director of Watchdog International, was very pleased with the result and the level of industry co-operation for the project: “ The ICTA should be commended for their willingness to block this abhorrent content from being accessed by their people and to help in the fight against CSA. I was impressed with how willing the ISP industry in Mauritius was to get involved with this project as well as the transparency and broad consultation undertaken by the ICTA. As well as being an island paradise, Mauritius is also a country that cares for their people and the children of the world.”
Watchdog International Limited is part of the Watchdog group of companies headquartered in Orewa, Auckland, New Zealand. With offices in New Zealand, the UK and South Africa, they provide Internet filtering and security solutions to organisations around the world through relationships with leading technology partners. The group includes Watchdog Corporation Limited which provide managed internet services to over 1500 New Zealand schools under a contract with the Ministry of Education. Founded in 1999, Watchdog’s mission is to provide people everywhere with a safe and productive Internet experience as well as protecting children from abuse.
Auckland, New Zealand, 8th February 2011
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Watchdog Launches Hosted Filtering Services in Australia
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Launch Of Watchdog Solutions In Australia Provides Business Opportunities For ISPs Under New Filtering Rules
Sydney, 16 December 2009:
Watchdog International Ltd has launched its hosted Watchdog suite of filtered Internet services to support Australia’s ± 800 ISPs in their moves to comply with the new Internet filtering rules announced yesterday by the Federal Government. The Hosted Watchdog Services (HWS) are the first cost-effective, cloud-based ISP filtering systems available in Australia. ISPs can filter their customers’ connections without having to install expensive equipment within their own networks.
Peter Mancer, founder and managing director of Watchdog International Ltd, explained the benefits of HWS: “Traditional hosted filtering uses proxy servers to filter all ISP traffic, travelling both ways through the cloud. That requires big pipes.
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Child Abuse Material Blocked from Over 2,000 UK Wide Area Networks
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CI-Net first customer for Watchdog International’s new UK office
Secure and resilient Wide Area Networks specialist, CI-Net, has implemented an affordable filtering service that will block access to websites containing child sexual abuse images. The service, provided by Watchdog International, is based on NetClean WhiteBox technology.
CI-Net is the first customer for Watchdog International’s new UK office and will be deploying Watchdog International’s filtering across its network. The company will benefit from a cost effective, one size fits all, blocking and filtering service which does not require extensive internal management resources.
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NZ interloper to commercialise UK internet blocking
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John Ozimek 16th November 2009 11:14 GMT
Arguments over just how successful government attempts have been in keeping child porn off the internet may be little more than a storm in a teacup – but such discussions highlight a shift in the way indecent material may be blocked in future.
The story begins with a shocking claim from internet filtering company, Watchdog International, that "known illegal content is not blocked by 88 per cent of UK ISPs". Since the Home Office recently abandoned plans to bring filtering up from a claimed 98.6 per cent of connections to 100 per cent by passing a law that would make filtering mandatory, this is at first sight a staggering discrepancy.
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New Watchdog UK Office Launched
New Office Promotes Blocking of Child Sexual Abuses Images by UK Broadband Companies 
In a drive to help ISPs in the UK to block access to known images of child sexual abuse, New Zealand based specialist Watchdog International has opened its first office in the Northern Hemisphere. The office will be headed by Internet regulatory affairs expert Peter Milford.
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