We work internationally to make the internet safer by removing images of child sexual abuse.
We’re an independent not for profit organisation and work with the global internet industry and the European Commission.
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“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
‘Once Upon a Year’ is our 2018 Annual Report and it exposes the heart-breaking truth about child sexual abuse imagery online through the story of Olivia, a child victim whose images are seen daily by our analysts.
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