Useful Links
About IWF
Anti-eating Disorder Sites
Chatroom Safety
Children's Charities
Computer Crime
Copyright Issues
Cyberbullying
Domain Names
Fraud and Financial Scams
Games
Grooming
Hate Crime
International Hotlines
Internet Safety
Internet Stalking
Legal Issues
Mobile Phone Issues
Online Terrorism
Phishing
Photographs of children
Rating and Filtering
School Safety Advice
Spam
Suicide Websites
Useful Documents
Victim Support
Anti-eating Disorder Websites
- Beat Eating Disorders
is a UK charity for people with eating disorders and their families. They are working with internet service providers to stop these websites in the UK.
Chatroom Safety
- Childnet international has developed Chatdanger , a website dedicated to advice on how to avoid the potential dangers on interactive services online like chat, IM, online games, email and on mobiles.
- Thinkuknow has published guidelines on chatroom safety.
- Action for Children supports and speaks out for the most vulnerable children and young people in the UK. Action for Children NetSmart has useful tips about keeping safe online.
- Childnet International is a non-profit organisation working with others to help make the internet a great and safe place for children.
- The European NGO Alliance for Child Safety Online (eNACSO) is a network consisting of children’s rights NGOs from across the EU working for a safer online environment for children.
- The Lucy Faithful Foundation is the only UK-wide children protection charity dedicated solely to reducing the risk of children being sexually abused. They work with entire families that have been affected by abuse including: adult male and female sexual abusers; young people with inappropriate sexual behaviours; victims of abuse and other family members.
- NSPCC is the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. NSPCC has set up ChildLine which is the UK’s free, confidential helpline for children and young people. Trained counselors are on hand 24 hours a day to provide advice and support by phone and online.
- Get Safe Online is the UK’s national internet security awareness initiative. A joint partnership between the Government, the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), as well as public and private sector sponsors from the worlds of technology, communication, retail and finance, the initiative continues to educate, inform and raise awareness of internet security issues to encourage confident, safe use of the internet.
- Police Central e-Crime Unit : This unit has been set up to combat e-crime in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
- The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA): SOCA is an intelligence-led agency with law enforcement powers and harm reduction responsibilities. Harm in this context is the damage caused to people and communities by serious organised crime.
- Counselling Directory provides the public with profiles of counsellors across the UK, detailing the areas of counselling each counsellor offers and the fees they charge. The website also contains information on emotional disorders and statistics.
Cyberbullying
- Beat Bullying empowers young people to lead anti-bullying campaigns in their schools and local communities
- ChildLine : NSPCC has set up this website especially designed for children and young people who would like free confidential information on issues such as cyberbullying or abuse.
- Nominet is the internet registry for .uk domain names.
Fraud and Financial Scams
- Action Fraud is a national public facing organisation to help tackle fraud in UK. Action Fraud is supported by the National Fraud Authority.
- Bank Safe Online is the UK banking industry's initiative to help online banking customers stay safe online. This site is run by the UK Payments Administration on behalf of its member banks.
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A new service for reporting all hate crimes online has been
launched by the police. The website, called True Vision , is supported by all
forces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The True Vision website provides a wealth of information for victims and the
public about what hate crime is, why it is important to report it when it
happens, including a new online reporting form. The site also provides links to
organisations that can offer support and advice on hate crime related issues.
Human Trafficking
International Hotlines
- INHOPE is the International Association of Internet Hotlines. INHOPE represents internet hotlines worldwide, supporting them in their aim to respond to reports of illegal content to make the internet safer. To find the equivalent hotline of the IWF in a specific country click here .
- BBC Webwise is the BBC's beginner's guide to the internet.
- Childnet International is the children's internet charity committed to helping to make the internet a great and safe place for children.
- Click Clever Click Safe is a UK Council for Child Internet Safety campaign aimed at young people and parents.
- The European NGO Alliance for Child Safety Online (eNACSO) is a network consisting of children’s rights NGOs from across the EU working for a safer online environment for children.
- Get Safe Online is a joint initiative between HM Government, the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) and private sector sponsors from the worlds of technology, retail and finance to provide unbiased, user-friendly advice about online safety for consumers and smaller businesses.
- Insafe is a European network of Awareness Centres promoting safe, responsible use of the internet and mobile devices to young people.
- Parents Protect! is a child protection campaign
that delivers training to parents, carers and professionals and also operates
an educative website designed to raise awareness to
child sexual abuse, internet safety and to give you the information you need to
protect children. The website also features an e-learning programme that
provides information on how to keep your family safe and what to do if you are
worried about child sexual abuse.
- The Thinkuknow website is run by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre and contains information on internet safety and safe surfing for young people and their carers/teachers.
- The UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) brings together organisations from industry, charities and the public sector to work with the Government to deliver the recommendations from Dr Tanya Byron's report - Safer Children in a Digital World
- IWF has a number of filtering company members. To find out who they are click here.
Internet Stalking
- The Independent Mobile Classification Body (IMCB) sets a Classification Framework for commercial mobile picture-based content which is now available on many mobile devices.
- The Mobile Broadband Group (MBG) brings together all the UK mobile broadband providers to work across a range of self-regulatory initiatives and public policy issues in the mobile sector.
- Directgov has developed a reporting mechanism for members of the public to refer what they believe to be unlawful terrorist material directly to the police for action to be taken for its removal. The reporting from can be found at the bottom of the page: https://reporting.direct.gov.uk/
- Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) is an industry association focused on eliminating the identity theft and fraud that result from the growing problem of phishing and email spoofing.
- Bank Safe Online also has a reporting mechanism for financial and banking scams.
Photographs of Children
- ICRA , the Internet Content Rating Association, is part of the Family Online Safety Institute, an international, non-profit organisation of internet leaders working to develop a safer internet.
School Safety Advice
- Every Child Matters has published guidance for safer working practice for adults who work with children and young people.
- Parents Protect! is a child protection campaign
that delivers training to parents, carers and professionals and also operates
an educative website designed to raise awareness to
child sexual abuse, internet safety and to give you the information you need to
protect children. The website also features an e-learning programme that
provides information on how to keep your family safe and what to do if you are
worried about child sexual abuse.
- Teachtoday provides information and advice for teachers, head teachers, governors and other members of the school workforce about the positive, responsible and safe use of new technologies.
- Teachernet has published guidance written by Childnet International for the Department for Children, Schools and Families about cyberbullying and advise on ways in which school staff can be protected.
Spam
- Spamhaus tracks the internet's spammers, spam gangs and spam services, provides dependable realtime anti-spam protection for internet networks, and works with law enforcement to identify and pursue spammers worldwide.
- PAPYRUS is a UK charity committed to suicide prevention, including the closing down of websites that encourage suicide.
- The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is an independent, non-governmental body, which has classified cinema films since it was set up in 1912, and videos since the passing of the Video Recordings Act in 1984.
