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New Program Empowers Registrars to Combat Online Child Abuse

10/23/2025

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Public Interest Registry (PIR) and the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) launched a sponsorship program to empower domain registrars against online child sexual abuse.
The program allows registrars to access IWF tools at no cost to identify and disrupt CSAM sites.
It builds on prior efforts that benefited 30 registries and over 53 million domains.
Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) continues investigations and urges public reporting to counter crimes.

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Public Interest Registry (PIR) and the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) launched a sponsorship program to empower domain registrars against online child sexual abuse.
The program allows registrars to access IWF tools at no cost to identify and disrupt CSAM sites.
It builds on prior efforts that benefited 30 registries and over 53 million domains.
Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) continues investigations and urges public reporting to counter crimes.