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IMCO’s draft opinion weakens online child protection in the European Union

IMCO’s draft opinion weakens online child protection in the European Union

IWF joins a coalition of child protection charities in call for European Parliament’s IMCO committee to amend its draft opinion that could reverse years of progress in detecting child sexual abuse material online.

1 March 2023 Blog
New EU-funded safety tech will help reduce viewing and demand for child sexual abuse images and videos

New EU-funded safety tech will help reduce viewing and demand for child sexual abuse images and videos

A unique safety tech tool which uses machine learning in real-time to detect child sexual abuse images and videos is to be developed by a collaboration of EU and UK experts.

23 February 2023 News
Hotel industry giant unites with IWF to tackle child sexual abuse imagery online

Hotel industry giant unites with IWF to tackle child sexual abuse imagery online

Global hotel chain Marriott International has joined the IWF in the fight to stop child sexual abuse material online

22 February 2023 News
The IWF stands in support of two new campaigns fighting to protect children online

The IWF stands in support of two new campaigns fighting to protect children online

Internet Watch Foundation proudly adds name to two new campaigns focusing on improving the response to child sexual abuse in the EU

22 February 2023 News
Model of good practice for adult sector to be developed by IWF and MindGeek

Model of good practice for adult sector to be developed by IWF and MindGeek

A "pioneering" new partnership between the Internet Watch Foundation and MindGeek will offer a blueprint for how the adult industry can help in the fight against child sexual abuse material online

21 February 2023 News
Sexual abuse imagery of primary school children 1,000 per cent worse since lockdown

Sexual abuse imagery of primary school children 1,000 per cent worse since lockdown

IWF warns full effects of lockdown are only now becoming apparent as younger children are groomed into sexual abuse online

27 January 2023 News
IWF calls on coders to join their Hackathon and help stop child sexual abuse online

IWF calls on coders to join their Hackathon and help stop child sexual abuse online

The aim of the Hackathon is to help pioneer new solutions to lead the world in the fightback against the spread of child sexual abuse material on the internet.

13 January 2023 Blog
White Bullet collaborates with Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) to reduce child sexual exploitation online

White Bullet collaborates with Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) to reduce child sexual exploitation online

IWF and Cyber safety technology company, White Bullet, announce their collaboration to stop the monetisation of child sexual abuse images and videos through digital advertising.

13 December 2022 News
MEP visits Europe’s largest Hotline on mission to prevent ‘scourge’ of online child sexual abuse imagery

MEP visits Europe’s largest Hotline on mission to prevent ‘scourge’ of online child sexual abuse imagery

MEP Javier Zarzalejos has visited the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) on a fact-finding mission for the European Parliament.

7 December 2022 News
Samantha Morton delivers heart-felt speech on child sexual abuse at Internet Watch Foundation event

Samantha Morton delivers heart-felt speech on child sexual abuse at Internet Watch Foundation event

Hollywood actor Samantha Morton spoke movingly at an event for the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) on Tuesday night (December 6), where she called on the Government to take steps to better protect children online.

7 December 2022 News
IWF joins leading policing researchers to tackle online grooming and sexual imagery of children

IWF joins leading policing researchers to tackle online grooming and sexual imagery of children

The findings will be ‘invaluable’ in turning the tide on the threat children are facing from online predators.

7 December 2022 News
More than one in 10 British young people exposed to online child sexual abuse

More than one in 10 British young people exposed to online child sexual abuse

Polling shows 6% of the entire adult population of Britain has been exposed to images or videos of children suffering sexual abuse.

5 December 2022 News