Fighting popular misconceptions about criminal content online
Over three-quarters of men (and 36% of women) in the UK watch porn online,* and some of them may accidentally see upsetting content online.
12 March 2019
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Statement: On the ‘Regulating in a digital world’ report by the Select Committee on Communications of the House of Lords
he Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) welcomes today’s report from the House of Lords’ Communications Committee and the 10 principles it recommends to help shape the digital world of the future.
11 March 2019
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UK Safer Internet Centre public report released
As the UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC) embarks on its fifth phase of co-funding from the European Commission we look back at the achievements of the partnership over the last two and a half years in our public report.
5 March 2019
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IWF’s position statement on regulation of the internet: Top CEO warns of consequences of regulation
Internet Watch Foundation’s (IWF) CEO, Susie Hargreaves OBE, puts forward a voice of reason by urging politicians and policy makers to take a balanced approach to internet regulation which avoids a “heavy cost to the victims of child sexual abuse”.
22 February 2019
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G2 Risk Summit: The financial risks of commercial child sexual abuse content to payments industry
Blog by Will Few, Development Manager
12 February 2019
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Liberia marks Safer Internet Day with crackdown on online child sexual abuse images and videos – supported by UK’s IWF
UK-based Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) will work with Liberia’s citizens to drive child sexual abuse imagery off the web.
5 February 2019
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On Safer Internet Day we come together for a better internet
This Tuesday 5 February is Safer Internet Day! Thousands of schools and organisations throughout the UK will come together to promote the safe and positive use of digital technology for children and young people.
1 February 2019
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Statement: On the ‘Impact of Social Media and Screen-Use on Young People’s Health’ report by the Science and Technology Committee of the House of Commons
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) welcomes today’s report from the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee and the attention it draws to the impact of online harms on children and young people.
31 January 2019
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Record number of images showing children being sexually abused removed by UK internet charity
More than 100,000 webpages showing the sexual abuse and sexual torture of children have been removed from the internet thanks to the work of the UK’s Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) in 2018 – up by one third on the year before.
23 January 2019
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