Move for a Safer Internet returns for its third year: A Cyber-Led Sporting Challenge

Pinsent Masons and the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) build on two years of impact and collaboration.

3 September 2025 Blog

Child sexual extortion cases in the UK soar with warnings ‘ruthless’ criminals are still putting children and young people at risk

Charities warn threat of sexual extortion (or sextortion) against children ‘not diminishing’ as new data show sextortion cases soar 72% in a year

1 September 2025 News

Government must tackle sexual abuse and exploitation of girls ‘head on’ in VAWG Strategy, charities warn

In an urgent letter to the Home Secretary, 10 leading children’s rights groups warn children ‘bear the brunt’ of sexual abuse both on and offline.

24 August 2025 News

New partnership aims to protect children online and advance safer digital advertising

‘Protected by Mediocean’, a leading solution for holistic ad verification has joined the Internet Watch Foundation to strengthen safeguards in the digital media supply chain and help protect children online.

14 August 2025 News

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 »

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

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

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

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