OTTAWA – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has signed an agreement with the Canadian Centre for Child Protection to incorporate the data from its Project Arachnid platform into D-Zone DNS Firewall.
Project Arachnid is an automated web crawler and platform that proactively detects child sexual abuse material and issues takedown notices to hosting providers requesting its immediate removal. Through this initiative, the industry is also implementing proactive measures by downloading real-time lists of URLs that contain child sexual abuse material for blocking purposes.
CIRA said Wednesday that it will be incorporating the Project Arachnid block list into D-Zone DNS Firewall by default to help protect Canadian children from abuse and exploitation.
“As part of our mandate to build a better online Canada, we believe in ensuring the most vulnerable Canadians, our children, are safe from abuse and exploitation”, said Dave Chiswell, CIRA’s VP of product development, in the news release. “We are pleased to partner with the Canadian Centre for Child Protection to integrate Project Arachnid into D-Zone DNS Firewall to build on our efforts to foster a safe online environment for kids and protect our customers.”
