NEW DELHI: Industry body COAI<\/a> has approached the Telecom Department (DoT) flagging operational issues in implementing a directive that mandates use of an IWF<\/a> list for blocking online child sexual abuse content, and said such sites should be barred as per the 'Interpol<\/a> list' provided by the department.

The COAI in a recent letter to the DoT has said that instructions given by the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MEITY) in April 2017 mandating use of IWF (Internet Watch Foundation) list should be withdrawn as it creates an \"unfettered monopoly in favour of a single private entity\".

The association said its members are blocking such links based on the Interpol list, and complying with another list will only add to costs and lead to duplication of efforts.

The IWF list can be availed only by those entities who take membership and pay hefty annual fee even as collective subscriptions cannot be negotiated, it outlined.

\"We have been highlighting to both DoT as well as MEITY the issues associated with implementation of a particular list from IWF (a private entity) as it creates a monopolistic situation in favour of a single private entity. We also highlighted that our members are already facing this challenge as the fees for obtaining the list are being quoted at exorbitant levels by IWF,\" the COAI said.

The solution to the issue is that DoT should procure the list and provide it to all the ISPs, said COAI whose member operators also provide mobile internet services and are required to block such sites according to the DoT's directions.

IWF offers a dynamic list of individual web pages with child sexual abuse content to its members, who can be guided by the list to filter and block access to such content.

But COAI has said that another operational issue in implementing the directive to use the said IWF list is that collective subscriptions cannot be negotiated and that list can be availed only by those entities who take membership and pay hefty annual fee, thus leaving COAI's member operators \"at the complete mercy of IWF\".

\"...While our member operators would implement solution to block any URL list provided by the DoT, they are not in a position to procure the list from IWF...,\" COAI said adding that doing so would increase their cost and burden manifold.

As such, operators are already blocking URLs as per INTERPOL list provided by Department of Telecom or DoT and additional subscription to IWF list would lead to duplication given that the same sites are being blocked through the INTERPOL list, COAI said.

The association has, therefore, said that blocking of the sites should continue as per INTERPOL list provided by DoT and that MEITY instruction on using of IWF list should be withdrawn.

\"In the event that IWF\/any other blocking list is to be adopted, then the same should be procured by DoT and provided to ISPs in line with clause...of the ISP licence,\" COAI said.

The mobile operators' association has said that blocking on such online material should be implemented uniformly across all telecom service providers and internet service providers in India.
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使用国际刑警组织列表,而不是IWF阻止儿童性虐待内容:COAI政府

协会表示,其成员是基于国际刑警组织阻止这样的联系列表,并遵守另一个列表只会增加成本和导致的重复工作。

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新德里:行业组织COAI已向电信部门(点)标记操作问题在实施一项指令,要求使用的吗IWF阻挠在线儿童性虐待内容列表,说这样的网站应该被禁止的国际刑警组织提供的名单的部门。

COAI在最近写给点说,指示的电子和它(MEITY) 2017年4月强制使用IWF(互联网)列表应该被取消,因为它创造了一个“无拘无束的垄断的一个私人实体”。

协会表示,其成员是基于国际刑警组织阻止这样的联系列表,并遵守另一个列表只会增加成本和导致的重复工作。

可以利用IWF列表只有那些把会员的实体和支付巨额集体订阅年费,即使不能谈判,它概述了。

“我们一直强调两个点以及MEITY问题与一个特定的列表的实现IWF(私人实体),它创建一个支持一个私人实体的垄断局面。我们也强调,我们的成员已经面临这一挑战的费用获得列表被IWF报过高水平,“COAI说。

解决问题点应该采购清单,并提供所有的isp,还说COAI其成员运营商提供移动互联网服务和需要阻止这些网站根据点的方向。

IWF提供了一个动态列表与儿童性虐待的个人网页内容向其成员,谁能指导下过滤和屏蔽列表等内容。

但是COAI表示,另一个操作问题在实施指令使用IWF列表表示,无法协商,集体订阅列表可以利用只有那些把会员的实体和支付年费,因此离开COAI成员操作符“IWF的完整的摆布”。

“…而我们的成员操作符将阻止任何URL列表实现解决方案提供的点,他们不能够从IWF采购列表…COAI说:“还说这样做会增加他们的成本和负担歧管。

因此,运营商已经屏蔽网址按国际刑警组织列表由电信部门提供或点和额外的订阅IWF列表会导致重复考虑到通过国际刑警组织列表相同的网站被屏蔽,COAI说。

因此,协会说,屏蔽的网站应该继续按照国际刑警组织列表提供的点和MEITY指令使用IWF的名单上应该撤回。

“如果IWF /其他屏蔽列表,然后应该获得相同的点向isp提供符合条款……ISP执照,”COAI说。

手机运营商协会表示,阻塞等在线材料应该实现统一所有在印度电信服务提供商和互联网服务提供商。