The latest IWF portal marks a key step in Argentina’s fight against illegal videos and images of child sexual abuse.
Childline and the IWF launch new tool to help young people remove nude images that have been shared online
Award-winning Network Operator and Internet Service Provider Jurassic Fibre Limited (JFL) have joined the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) as Members.
A new IWF portal will, for the first time, give people in Tunisia a safe and anonymous place to report illegal videos and images.
The Kenyan public will now have a safe and anonymous place to report suspected images and videos of children suffering sexual abuse.
A specialised new team will take ‘digital fingerprints’ of millions of images so companies and organisations around the world can spot them and have them removed.
New IWF data reveals a startling increase in ‘self-generated’ material where children have been tricked or groomed by predators.
The National Crime Agency estimates there to be between 550,000 and 850,000 people in the UK who pose varying forms of sexual risk to children.
“It’s a heart-breaking milestone and a reminder, if it was ever needed, that the need for a safer internet has never been more urgent."
Speaking at the state opening of Parliament, the Queen said the UK will lead the way in making sure the internet is safe for all.
‘We should also protect our children because they are our future’.
The Internet Watch Foundation has welcomed the agreement of a new interim regulation which aims to enable the identification and rescue of victims and reduce the “further dissemination of child sexual abuse”.