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Elliptic joins IWF to prevent the financing of child exploitation through cryptocurrencies and blockchain infrastructure
Partnership will strengthen efforts to stop criminals profiting from the sale of child sexual abuse imagery
11 June 2025
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IWF joins with partners to transform the global response for victims and survivors of online child sexual abuse
The Internet Watch Foundation has joined with a consortium of partners to develop the Artemis Survivor Hub (ASH) – a revolutionary, victim-focused response to online child sexual exploitation.
11 June 2025
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Internet Watch Foundation seeks ‘resilient’ candidates for unique leadership role
New job role identified as ‘pivotal’ in Cambridgeshire charity’s mission to tackle child sexual abuse material online among growing threats such as AI generated imagery.
6 June 2025
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EU countries urged to have ‘courage’ and push for better laws to protect children at IWF’s Annual Report launch in Brussels
Expert speakers highlighted the need for an EU-wide framework for detecting, reporting and removing child sexual abuse material from the internet
29 May 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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