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New age assurance requirements: what does this mean for children’s online safety?

New age assurance requirements: what does this mean for children’s online safety?

Last month the UK Protection of children’s Codes came into force, requiring online platforms to prevent children from encountering harm online.

12 August 2025 Blog
« Les images d’enfants victimes de violences sexuelles générées par l’IA prolongent la souffrance des victimes »

« 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
Safehire.ai joins IWF to reinforce digital safeguarding in recruitment

Safehire.ai joins IWF to reinforce digital safeguarding in recruitment

New Member Safehire.ai says the organisation is proud to join the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) as it strengthens a shared mission to protect children from online harm.

28 July 2025 News
Smart Axiata partnership will protect millions from exposure to child sexual abuse images and videos

Smart Axiata partnership will protect millions from exposure to child sexual abuse images and videos

One of the largest telecoms providers in Cambodia is now a partner in our mission to defend children online and remove child sexual abuse material (CSAM) from the internet.

17 July 2025 News
Full feature-length AI films of child sexual abuse will be ‘inevitable’ as synthetic videos make ‘huge leaps’ in sophistication in a year

Full feature-length AI films of child sexual abuse will be ‘inevitable’ as synthetic videos make ‘huge leaps’ in sophistication in a year

New data reveals AI child sexual abuse continues to spread online as criminals create more realistic, and more extreme, imagery.

11 July 2025 News
IWF urges for ‘loophole’ to be closed in proposed EU laws criminalising AI child sexual abuse as synthetic videos make ‘huge leaps’ in sophistication

IWF urges for ‘loophole’ to be closed in proposed EU laws criminalising AI child sexual abuse as synthetic videos make ‘huge leaps’ in sophistication

New data reveals AI child sexual abuse continues to spread online as criminals create more realistic, and more extreme, imagery.

11 July 2025 News
Major increase in child sexual abuse videos made with AI

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

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 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
EU Parliament leads the way in tackling AI-generated child sexual abuse material

EU Parliament leads the way in tackling AI-generated child sexual abuse material

EU Parliament champions urgent legal reforms to combat AI-generated child sexual abuse, prioritising survivor protection and closing dangerous loopholes.

8 July 2025 News
IWF working with the adult sector is vital if we’re serious about tackling child sexual abuse imagery online

IWF working with the adult sector is vital if we’re serious about tackling child sexual abuse imagery online

By IWF Interim CEO Derek Ray-Hill.

8 July 2025 Blog
Child sexual abuse material vs ‘child porn’: why language matters

Child sexual abuse material vs ‘child porn’: why language matters

There is No Such Thing as ‘child pornography’.

1 July 2025 Blog