66219 (2024). Hon Jan Tinetti to the Minister of Internal Affairs

Written Question

Published date: 22 Oct 2024

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	66219 (2024)
Question asked:	08 Oct 2024
Member asking:	Hon Jan Tinetti
Portfolio:	Minister of Internal Affairs
Minister replying:	Hon Brooke van Velden
Answer received:	16 Oct 2024
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_66219_2024
Document guid:	f1fdc487-204a-4083-a8a0-d8f9cdff24e4

66219 (2024). Hon Jan Tinetti to the Minister of Internal Affairs: How many child sexual abuse websites were blocked by the Department of Internal Affairs, if any, between 1 January 2024 and 30 September 2024?

Hon Brooke van Velden: Between 1 January 2024 and 30 September 2024, the Digital Child Exploitation Filter System block list was reviewed 13 times. Below are the review dates and the number of websites blocked on those dates. A website blocked during one review may still meet the blocking criteria at the next review and will contribute to the total number at the next review date. Review Date Websites blocked 9/01/2024 346 29/01/2024 443 2/02/2024 581 6/03/2024 699 10/04/2024 213 15/04/2024 289 23/04/2024 357 2/05/2024 436 5/07/2024 215 8/07/2024 340 18/07/2024 408 22/07/2024 533 3/09/2024 564