Filtering at Carrier and ISP Level

Watchdog International provides internet filtering solutions for ISPs and carriers around the world.  Our solutions are based on combining the best available technologies with our expertise and experience to ensure a successful outcome.  Whether the requirement is to filter illegal content or to filter undesirable content for its customers we can provide cost-effective solutions.

Illegal Content

Watchdog International is an international leader in the specialist area of filtering of child sexual abuse imagery (CSAI) on the Internet.  Whether a voluntary step or a mandatory requirement, Watchdog provide the latest and most innovative ISP filtering technologies throughout the Asia-Pacific, USA, Canada, Europe, UK and India.

Carriers and ISPs around the world are joining the fight against child sexual abuse/exploitation by implementing filtering and blocking systems to prevent access, whether by accident or through design, to online CSAI.  Previous technology solutions some of which are still used by ISPs around the world have had inherent problems of overblocking, security issues, slowing traffic and disabling ISP service. Read more in our comparison of filtering technologies.

Solutions offered by Watchdog International

  • Have eliminated these technical obstacles
  • Are workable in any ISP network structure
  • Provide a very scalable/cost effective solution for Carriers and ISPs of any size. 
  • These technologies are provided as either in-house implementations or an externally hosted subscription service.  This enables carriers and ISPs of all sizes to prevent illegal content being accessed whether intentionally or inadvertently.

The leading technology for this purpose is the NetClean Whitebox.

With technology like this there it’s only logical that ISPs join the fight against child sexual abuse [link to CSAI material on site] and online exploitation of children by implementing filtering technology which effectively blocks access to and therefore the proliferation and profiteering from these images on the Internet.

Undesirable Content

Watchdog also provide filtering technology and services to those ISPs wishing to provide customisable filtering services to their client base for the purpose of blocking undesirable content.

Examples of these applications are as follows:

  • Schools who wish to ensure that students cannot access inappropriate material
  • Businesses who wish to increase productivity by reducing access to non work related sites during working hours
  • Families who wish to ensure that children cannot access inappropriate material on their home internet connection.

The leading technology for this purpose is the Marshal8e6 R300