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New 'breakthrough’ partnership to disrupt spread of child sexual abuse websites

New 'breakthrough’ partnership to disrupt spread of child sexual abuse websites

IWF and PIR expand partnership to combat child sexual abuse material to include registrars and the NetBeacon Institute.

2 June 2026 Blog
IWF partnership strengthens CaseScan’s ability to swiftly detect child sexual abuse content

IWF partnership strengthens CaseScan’s ability to swiftly detect child sexual abuse content

CaseScan, a specialist technology company supporting child protection investigations and digital safety efforts, has joined the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) as a Member.

1 June 2026 News
Immaterialism partners with IWF to boost fight to stop spread of child sexual abuse material online

Immaterialism partners with IWF to boost fight to stop spread of child sexual abuse material online

Immaterialism will be among the first registrars to receive the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)’s dedicated Registrar Alerts.

27 April 2026 News
Children and victims of child sexual abuse are being ‘failed’, warns charity as EU found to host 63% of world’s criminal child sexual abuse webpages

Children and victims of child sexual abuse are being ‘failed’, warns charity as EU found to host 63% of world’s criminal child sexual abuse webpages

More child sexual abuse webpages are hosted in the EU than anywhere else in the world, according to new data released today by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).

23 April 2026 News
‘On-demand premium access’ to children’s suffering as gangs reap profits from online sexual exploitation

‘On-demand premium access’ to children’s suffering as gangs reap profits from online sexual exploitation

Government pledges to use ‘full power of the British state’ to crack down on child sexual abuse as commercial sites profiting from exploiting children double in a year.

23 April 2026 News
‘Milestone’ moment for Utropolis as it joins IWF to help deliver a safer internet for children

‘Milestone’ moment for Utropolis as it joins IWF to help deliver a safer internet for children

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has welcomed a new Member, Utropolis, a next generation web filtering and digital safeguarding company.

20 April 2026 News
Natalie Dormer joins IWF’s Think Before You Share campaign

Natalie Dormer joins IWF’s Think Before You Share campaign

Actor and producer Natalie Dormer joins calls to stem ‘epidemic’ of online nudes and sexual imagery of young people

10 April 2026 News
Nine reports a week from UK children facing online ‘sextortion’ as charity warns record year just ‘tip of the iceberg’

Nine reports a week from UK children facing online ‘sextortion’ as charity warns record year just ‘tip of the iceberg’

More under-18s than ever are using Report Remove to self-report nude or sexual imagery of themselves.

7 April 2026 News
Tech companies and protection experts call for EU to act now to plug gap in online safety laws

Tech companies and protection experts call for EU to act now to plug gap in online safety laws

Act now or see ‘fewer children safeguarded, fewer perpetrators held accountable, and offenders re-established on mainstream platforms’, lawmakers warned.

1 April 2026 News
‘Dangerous’ AI child sexual abuse reaches record high as public backs clampdown on ‘uncensored’ tools

‘Dangerous’ AI child sexual abuse reaches record high as public backs clampdown on ‘uncensored’ tools

Analysts observed offenders discuss using hidden cameras to obtain footage of real children to transform into AI videos.

24 March 2026 News
Charity urges for ‘zero tolerance’ of ‘dangerous’ AI child sexual abuse in EU as content reaches record high

Charity urges for ‘zero tolerance’ of ‘dangerous’ AI child sexual abuse in EU as content reaches record high

New report reveals full scale of AI-generated child sexual abuse images and videos and ‘unsettling’ insight into offender views.

24 March 2026 News
AI-generated child sexual abuse: now cannot be the moment the EU downs tools

AI-generated child sexual abuse: now cannot be the moment the EU downs tools

A new IWF report reveals record levels of AI‑generated child sexual abuse imagery and alarming insight into how offenders are exploiting emerging technologies. The charity is urging EU lawmakers to introduce a zero‑tolerance ban on AI‑generated abuse and the tools used to create it.

24 March 2026 Blog