Internet giants to help remove abuse images

Internet giants such as Facebook, Google, and Twitter are being given access to a database which will enable them to help uncover and remove millions of online images of child abuse.

The British-based anti-abuse organisation Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is sharing lists of images of abuse with web companies so that they can protect their customers and help victims. In order to help the system be effective as possible, the British government is giving IWF access to its own Child Abuse Image Database (CAID).

According to the BBC, CAID even includes images found on computers seized by police that may not have been uploaded online.