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IWF and Black Forest Labs join forces to combat harmful AI-generated content

IWF and Black Forest Labs join forces to combat harmful AI-generated content

Partnership grants the frontier AI lab access to safety tech tools.

26 March 2025 News
Online Safety Act: UK Tech Companies must now Tackle Illegal Harms including Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

Online Safety Act: UK Tech Companies must now Tackle Illegal Harms including Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

As Ofcom’s Illegal Harms Codes come into force, platforms are required to implement robust measures to protect users from CSAM and illegal content.

17 March 2025 News
Tech Secretary sees ‘heartbreaking’ scale of online abuse on IWF hotline visit as ‘transformational’ online safety rules come into effect

Tech Secretary sees ‘heartbreaking’ scale of online abuse on IWF hotline visit as ‘transformational’ online safety rules come into effect

Peter Kyle visited the IWF to see for himself the scale, and severity, of online sexual abuse against children.

17 March 2025 News
Surge in use of ‘game-changing’ Report Remove service

Surge in use of ‘game-changing’ Report Remove service

Child protection analysts have seen a significant rise in reports from children accessing the world-leading Report Remove service run by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and the NSPCC’s Childline service.

10 March 2025 News
Children in UK as young as 11 targeted by sextortion criminals, data reveals

Children in UK as young as 11 targeted by sextortion criminals, data reveals

Internet Watch Foundation says ‘worrying’ trend shows criminals are casting their nets wider to trap victims.

9 March 2025 IWF In The News
IWF appoints Kerry Smith as new CEO

IWF appoints Kerry Smith as new CEO

Ms Smith, who is currently CEO at Human Rights charity, the Helen Bamber Foundation, takes over from Interim CEO Derek Ray-Hill, and will be in post in June.

6 March 2025 News
I wish my job didn't exist - the team that has to find child abuse images

I wish my job didn't exist - the team that has to find child abuse images

At home she is a loving grandmother who enjoys spending time with her grandkids but at work Mabel has to watch the internet's most "abhorrent" child sex abuse.

5 March 2025 IWF In The News
Security Institute announces partnership with Internet Watch Foundation

Security Institute announces partnership with Internet Watch Foundation

The Security Institute has named the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) as its charity partner for the year after the child protection group presented at its annual conference in October 2024.

25 February 2025 News
New partnership strengthens Bluesky’s ability to tackle child sexual abuse imagery

New partnership strengthens Bluesky’s ability to tackle child sexual abuse imagery

The collaboration will grant the social media platform access to IWF’s world-leading tools and datasets for finding, blocking and removing sexual abuse content of children online.

21 February 2025 News
Global leaders and AI developers can act now to prioritise child safety

Global leaders and AI developers can act now to prioritise child safety

By Hannah Swirsky, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at IWF

21 February 2025 Blog
New AI child sexual abuse laws announced following IWF campaign

New AI child sexual abuse laws announced following IWF campaign

Tighter rules come as IWF warns AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery reports have quadrupled in a year.

2 February 2025 News
AI tools have put child sexual abuse ‘on steroids’, Home Secretary warns

AI tools have put child sexual abuse ‘on steroids’, Home Secretary warns

The Home Office said fake images are being used to blackmail children and force them to livestream further abuse.

2 February 2025 IWF In The News