London-based safeguarding technology company Safehire.ai has joined the Internet Watch Foundation to integrate child sexual abuse material detection tools into its candidate screening platform.
The company, which works with educational institutions, youth organisations, and charities, will embed the Internet Watch Foundation’s URL List and Keywords List into its digital screening systems.
The integration is intended to ensure that attempts to access or reference child sexual abuse material during candidate vetting are identified and flagged for administrative review.
Simon Holden, CEO and Founder of SafeHire.ai, said: “We are proud to join the IWF as a new Member as it is a defining moment in our mission to build safer digital systems around safeguarding and safer recruitment.
“By embedding the IWF’s URL and Keywords lists into our platform, we’re giving organisations the ability to take preventative, intelligent steps against potential safeguarding threats. This is safeguarding by design.”
Derek Ray-Hill, Interim CEO of the IWF, said: “Like-minded organisations like Safehire.ai that prioritise the safety of children enable the IWF to do more, to reach further and widen our impact.
“It is only through partnerships with the tech industry that we can effectively block criminal websites and disrupt the spread of horrific child sexual abuse material. Last year, the IWF acted to remove more child sexual abuse webpages than ever before. There has never been a more important time for all of society to come together and work to eradicate this imagery forever.”
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