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Self-generated child sexual abuse prevention campaign

Any child, no matter what their background, with unrestricted access to internet-connected devices, is at risk. The campaign aims to empower girls, and warn their parents and carers about the risks posed by online predators targeting children. 

Let's close the door to online child sexual abusers.

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We’re looking for seven additional people to help us in our mission to eliminate online child sexual abuse images and videos worldwide. If you’re looking to gain an enormous sense of making a difference in the world, we want to hear from you!

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Face the facts. The Annual Report 2020

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In 2020, our team assessed over 150,000 reports of child sexual abuse imagery online and were able to seek the removal of millions of criminal images and videos. Find out more about the latest trends and data relating to the international state of online child sexual abuse material.
 

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What others say about us

The Rt Hon Theresa May MP

“I want to pay tribute to the crucial work of the Internet Watch Foundation and their partnership with industry, law enforcement and the Government in identifying and removing illegal child sexual abuse images from the internet. We will continue to work together to tackle this ever-evolving threat and to pursue our target of making the UK the safest place in the world to go online.”

The Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Prime Minister of the UK, 2016-2019
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“The IWF do an incredibly important job. Stopping criminals using and abusing online technologies is tough. But the IWF have shown how working together with law enforcement, commercial companies and the voluntary sector can make a real difference in minimising the availability of child sexual abuse images.”

Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman, Google
In 2019
132,700
webpages showing the sexual abuse of children were removed by our analysts.
46%
of victims are 10 years or under
1%
aged 2 or under
92%
of images where victims were girls
40%
of images assessed as category A or B

You can read more about it here.

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IWF Annual Report 2020

IWF 2020 Annual Report

New analysis in the IWF’s Annual Report shows 11-13 year old girls are increasingly at risk of grooming and coercion at the hands of online predators

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Twitter

  • IWF Hotline @IWFhotline Wed 30 Jun 2021
    We don’t only find and remove child sexual abuse online. We create tech to help us and provide tools to companies t… https://t.co/7NtziyCccZ
  • IWF Hotline @IWFhotline Tue 29 Jun 2021
    “There are communities that are devoted to not just finding child sexual abuse content, but actually trying to find… https://t.co/TNDyJ3Vkbz
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