As of the end of January 2023, the FIBER internet provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. said it had blocked about 350,000 web addresses or uniform resource locators (URLs).
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The company says this is more than double what it was a year ago, as it works harder to protect its fiber network from illegal content, such as images of online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC).
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The 350,000 blocked URLs are addresses related to different types of cybercrime, such as OSAEC, illegal online gambling, phishing/banking, terrorism, and voyeurism.
Based on the company’s network data, in 2022, Converge blocked 150% more sites than it did in 2021, when it stopped about 100,000 web addresses from its broadband network.
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