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AI imagery getting more ‘extreme’ as IWF welcomes new rules allowing thorough testing of AI tools
The IWF welcomes new measures to help make sure digital tools are safe as new data shows AI child sexual abuse is still spreading.
12 November 2025
News
IWF welcomes Danish Presidency efforts to prevent legal gap in CSAM detection, but calls for greater ambition as negotiations move forward
While providing legal certainty is desirable, the IWF says voluntary detection alone is not enough to meet the scale of the child sexual abuse crisis online.
11 November 2025
Statement
High public concern at spread of child sexual abuse images and videos in end-to-end encrypted spaces
More than nine in ten people in the UK say they are concerned at how images and videos of children being sexually abused are shared through end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging services.
10 November 2025
News
Online child sexual abuse: The EU has a choice. Not between privacy and protection, but between indifference and compassion
The debate on the EU’s proposed Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (CSAR) has been dominated by one loud slogan. A slogan which may have dire consequences for the safety and wellbeing of millions of children worldwide.
10 November 2025
Blog
Move for a Safer Internet: Three Years, Thousands of Minutes, and £60,000 Raised to Protect Children Online
Three years ago, when Pinsent Masons set out to unite their communities to raise money for the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), no one could have predicted how far their idea would go or how many people would still be moving for the cause three years later.
7 November 2025
Blog
IWF in the News
« Les images d’enfants victimes de violences sexuelles générées par l’IA prolongent la souffrance des victimes »
Le directeur de l’Internet Watch Foundation, Derek Ray-Hill, alerte, dans une tribune au « Monde », sur la production d’images pédocriminelles grâce à l’intelligence artificielle et sur la nécessité de les criminaliser.
31 July 2025
IWF In The News
Major increase in child sexual abuse videos made with AI
Exclusive data shared with Channel 4 News shows that 1,300 videos have been found globally so far in 2025.
11 July 2025
IWF In The News
Zahl der KI-Videos von sexuellem Kindesmissbrauch nimmt stark zu
Pädokriminelle nutzen zunehmend künstliche Intelligenz, um Aufnahmen von Kindesmissbrauch zu erstellen. Ermittler warnen, dass sie dadurch möglicherweise weniger Fälle von echtem Missbrauch stoppen können.
11 July 2025
IWF In The News
Le signalement de contenus pédopornographiques générés par l'IA "a explosé" depuis début 2025, selon une association
Le nombre de pages web, partout dans le monde et signalées à l'Internet Watch Foundation, montrant des images pédopornographiques générées par l'intelligence artificielle a explosé de 400%.
10 July 2025
IWF In The News
