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DV describes selecting public NCMEC material, conducting further assessment and introducing a Highly Illicit category. IWF’s assessed URL input is separate from DV’s membership and contribution band.
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Incoming reports differ from outbound notices; the exact files used by DV remain unknown. Neither a public-data source nor the over-£25,000 contribution band establishes approval rights. Planned integration and later reported implementation are distinct.
DoubleVerify — product and membership brand → announced future default enablement → Highly Illicit: Do Not Monetize — DV category
2025-02-13 – 2025-02-13
Reported by the cited source
13February2025 announcement says both categories will be enabled by default. P2P has acknowledged lawful uses; announced enablement is distinct from the later April reported state.
DoubleVerify — product and membership brand → reported enabled default → Highly Illicit: Do Not Monetize — DV category
2025-04-24 – 2025-04-24
Reported by the cited source
24April2025 release states both categories are enabled by default. This is a company-reported operational state, not independently tested customer configuration.
Highly Illicit: Do Not Monetize — DV category → was reported distributed to over100 partners → DV platform partners — reported implementation class
2025-02-13 – 2025-02-13
Reported by the cited source
February release reports distribution to more than100 platform partners; this is not a count of activated recipients or blocked services.
DoubleVerify — product and membership brand → reported nearly30 category implementations → DV platform partners — reported implementation class
2025-04-24 – 2025-04-24
Reported by the cited source
April24 release says nearly30 platforms implemented Highly Illicit and offers the category free to all platforms, including nonclients. No named platform logs, blocked-site count or raw-IWF-data redistribution licence proved.
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children → publishes reviewed-notice and response aggregates → NCMEC public outbound-notification tables — examined2021–2023 family
Reporting2021–2023; first publication dates not established
Methodology describes staff visual review and tracked notifications, including repeated notices and possible upstream contacts.2023columns separate CSAM, non-CSAM exploitative images of identified victims and predatory text. Mixed response tables are not permanent whole-company labels or unique-incident counts.
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children → is named as public-data origin by DV → DV-described public NCMEC input — versions unknown
2025-02-13 – 2025-02-13
Reported by the cited source
DV identifies public NCMEC data as a starting point. This does not establish direct supply agreement, endorsement or equivalence to NCMEC's hash-sharing resource.
DoubleVerify — product and membership brand → reports source selection and further assessment → DV-described public NCMEC input — versions unknown
2025-02-13 – 2025-02-13
Reported by the cited source
DV says it reviewed three years/over300domains or providers, cross-checked existing classifications, assessed remaining sites and excluded large well-moderated social/search services. Exact years/files/columns/provider-domain mapping unknown; no misuse finding.
DV-described public NCMEC input — versions unknown → is described as an input to vendor category → Highly Illicit: Do Not Monetize — DV category
2025-02-13 – 2025-02-13
Reported by the cited source
DV's own account connects selected public material to its new Highly Illicit policy through additional judgment. The acquired2021–2023tables explain why units matter but are not proven to be the exact files used.
Internet Watch Foundation → describes daily rechecks and same-day obsolete-entry removal → IWF assessed URL List — DV input scope
2025report section; publication date unknown
Reported by the cited source
IWF says URLs are rechecked daily, removed the same day when relevant content is absent, with twice-daily list updates. This is upstream maintenance evidence, not observed DV reclassification or restored placements.
IWF assessed URL List — DV input scope → was announced as planned integration → Highly Illicit: Do Not Monetize — DV category
April–May2025
Reported by the cited source
April24 DV release and May8 IWF counterpart describe future incorporation of the URL List. They are partnership plans, not executed data terms or tested ingestion.
IWF assessed URL List — DV input scope → is described as integrated in DV testimonial → Highly Illicit: Do Not Monetize — DV category
2025report section; publication date unknown
Reported by the cited source
DV member testimonial in IWF's2025report section describes integration of IWF signals. No exact deployment date, delivery log or downstream correction chain is acquired.
DoubleVerify — product and membership brand → is listed as member since1April2025 → Internet Watch Foundation
Membership start stated; continuing status observed9September2026, not an end date.
Reported by the cited source
IWF directory identifies the DV brand as member since1April2025, later than February categories. Exact legal signatory and agreement not established.