COVID-19 coronavirus announcement
The IWF continues to work as usual but, with many staff now working remotely, there may be delays in responding to emails and phone calls .
16 March 2020
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‘Something’s not right!’ Two well-known faces & one creative approach to engage with young people on the sensitive issue of online child sexual abuse
We teamed up with comedian Arron Crascall, football YouTuber Eman Sv2 and our partner the victim-support charity the Marie Collins Foundation to raise awareness of the important issue of child sexual abuse imagery online via social media.
13 March 2020
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IWF 'at the heart' of national response to fighting indecent images of children, report says
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) today (12 March) published its report into the growing problem of “online-facilitated child sexual abuse”.
12 March 2020
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IWF welcomes new measures to keep children safe from sexual predators on the internet
The Voluntary Principles to Counter Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse are a set of 11 actions tech firms should take to ensure children are not sexually exploited on their platforms.
5 March 2020
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Government investment could fund AI to help in fight against online child sexual abuse material
The Internet Watch Foundation welcomes the Government’s commitment to ‘upgrade’ a database in a bid to tackle online child sexual abuse material.
27 February 2020
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Fault with Three’s network wrongly points to IWF
A fault with Three’s network is incorrectly signposting some Three customers to the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).
26 February 2020
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Government praises Safer Internet Day and pledges to work with Safer Internet Centre
Digital Minister Matt Warman paid tribute to the event which took place on Tuesday.
13 February 2020
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IWF welcomes online protections as MP says there could be up to 90 online sexual offences against children every day
The Internet Watch Foundation has welcomed moves to help protect children online.
13 February 2020
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IWF welcomes Government bid to increase protection for children online
“Anything that helps make the internet a safer place for children and helps in the fight against online child sexual abuse material is a good thing".
12 February 2020
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New IWF members will help protect children in 'thousands of schools nationwide'
Partnerships between the IWF and businesses will help keep children safe
10 February 2020
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Two new international reporting portals in Zimbabwe and Ukraine will help find and remove child sexual abuse on the internet
The portals, including the IWF's first in Europe, will allow people to report child sexual abuse material to the IWF should they stumble across it online
10 February 2020
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