At Netsweeper, our data shows that child exploitation, cybercrime, and illicit content are on the rise on the internet – child exploitation sites alone have quadrupled since the pandemic again, and the Internet Watch Foundation has seen a 77% increase in the amount of self-generated child sexual abuse content. Now more than ever, web filtering has become a necessity to protect users on the internet.
How to Combat Violent and Extremist Content Online Originally published July 9, 2019 and updated June 5, 2020. On March 15, 2019, the mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand was live-streamed for a world-wide audience. Videos of the attack continued to be uploaded, despite Facebook’s best efforts to remove this harmful content on the internet months after the shooting.
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You Can’t Manage What You Can’t Measure – The Problem with GDP Metrics in the New World Economy Perry Roach, CEO of Netsweeper and Economics Graduate of the University of Western Ontario The current method of calculating GDP is inherently flawed. The anonymity and globalization of what was once a clear concise market, easy to
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How to Manage the Spread of Content During Online Crisis Events G20 government leaders at the June 2019 Japan Summit have agreed to look at implementing an Internet content blocking system for online crisis events. What does this mean and how do we execute this in each country and connect the world in real time?
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Who is responsible for online sales tax collection? The conversation surrounding online sales tax collection between states has been a focus of discussion of late. As more and more brick and mortar business are struggling to keep their doors open, the question of opening a shop online and its benefits become more and more prominent.
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Have you ever made an online purchase through eCommerce merchants? In honour of World Consumer Rights Day 2018, we thought we would take the opportunity to rename.share with you what is happening with regards to value-added taxes (VAT, HST, Sales Tax, GST) and how this affects the you as a citizen of your country. In
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Over the past few years, the United Kingdom has been at the forefront of counter-terrorism…
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