What we do
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.
Working with our Members
Our members have access to our unique range of services which make the internet safer for their customers.
Navigating the internet safely
We’ve teamed up with Government and Marie Collins Foundation to empower young men to navigate the internet safely by making sure they know what to do if they ever stumble across sexual images or videos of someone they think might be under 18.
#onesimplereport is all it takes to do the right thing.
What others say about us
“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
“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 2018
105,047
webpages showing the sexual abuse of children were removed by our analysts.
39%
of victims are 10 years or under
1%
aged 2 or under
78%
of images where victims were girls
43%
of images assessed as category A or B
Featured story
IWF 2018 Annual Report
‘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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IWF Hotline @IWFhotline Sun 20 Oct 2019"To be responsible for rescuing a child would be incredible and makes all the difficult aspects of the job worthwhi… https://t.co/sfojgYSU5N
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IWF Hotline @IWFhotline Sat 19 Oct 2019Our work not only stops the re-victimisation of children whose suffering is shared again and again online, but also… https://t.co/nnZcDoKQ6j
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