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IWF 2024 Annual Data & Insights Report Launch

IWF 2024 Annual Data & Insights Report Launch

Event hosted by Mastercard emphasises the importance of collaboration and introduces new tool 'Image Intercept'

8 May 2025 News
Power partnership boosts fight to stop spread of child sexual abuse imagery online

Power partnership boosts fight to stop spread of child sexual abuse imagery online

DoubleVerify partners with the IWF to proactively disrupt the spread of child sexual abuse material

8 May 2025 News
Minister praises IWF’s ‘vital’ work as Peers discuss rising threats highlighted in hotline’s annual report

Minister praises IWF’s ‘vital’ work as Peers discuss rising threats highlighted in hotline’s annual report

The IWF’s work is “vital” in combatting online child sexual abuse imagery, a Tech Minister said, amid calls for action on “scourge” of online grooming and abuse.

6 May 2025 News
Registry steps up to tackle child sexual abuse online in partnership with IWF

Registry steps up to tackle child sexual abuse online in partnership with IWF

Domain .ME partners with the Internet Watch Foundation to help put an end to child sexual abuse imagery online.

6 May 2025 News
New partnership builds connections to prioritise children’s safety online

New partnership builds connections to prioritise children’s safety online

Glide joins the IWF to help eliminate child sexual abuse material.

28 April 2025 News
Charity raises alarm over surge in level of child sexual abuse imagery hosted in EU

Charity raises alarm over surge in level of child sexual abuse imagery hosted in EU

Call for Member States to come together and push forward with ‘desperately needed’ child protection laws as thousands of webpages containing children’s sexual abuse traced back to EU servers.

23 April 2025 News

IWF in the News

AI tools have put child sexual abuse ‘on steroids’, Home Secretary warns

AI tools have put child sexual abuse ‘on steroids’, Home Secretary warns

The Home Office said fake images are being used to blackmail children and force them to livestream further abuse.

2 February 2025 IWF In The News
UK makes use of AI tools to create child abuse material a crime

UK makes use of AI tools to create child abuse material a crime

Britain will make it illegal to use artificial intelligence tools that create child sexual abuse images.

1 February 2025 IWF In The News
Charity finds more than 500,000 child abuse victims

Charity finds more than 500,000 child abuse victims

An analyst who removes child sexual abuse content from the internet says she is always trying to stay "one step ahead" of the "bad guys".

8 December 2024 IWF In The News
Telegram plans child abuse crackdown following Pavel Durov’s arrest in Paris

Telegram plans child abuse crackdown following Pavel Durov’s arrest in Paris

Messaging app Telegram will deploy new tools to prevent the spread of images of child sexual abuse after teaming up with the Internet Watch Foundation.

5 December 2024 IWF In The News
Telegram U-turns and joins child safety scheme

Telegram U-turns and joins child safety scheme

After years of ignoring pleas to sign up to child protection schemes, the controversial messaging app Telegram has agreed to work with an internationally recognised body to stop the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

4 December 2024 IWF In The News
Paedophile Hugh Nelson who made AI child abuse images from real pictures sent to him jailed for 18 years in 'deeply horrifying' landmark case

Paedophile Hugh Nelson who made AI child abuse images from real pictures sent to him jailed for 18 years in 'deeply horrifying' landmark case

The images that Nelson made have been linked back to real children around the world. In some cases, he then went on to encourage his clients to rape and sexually assault the youngsters.

28 October 2024 IWF In The News

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