The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) today (12 March) published its report into the growing problem of “online-facilitated child sexual abuse”.
The Voluntary Principles to Counter Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse are a set of 11 actions tech firms should take to ensure children are not sexually exploited on their platforms.
The Internet Watch Foundation welcomes the Government’s commitment to ‘upgrade’ a database in a bid to tackle online child sexual abuse material.
Digital Minister Matt Warman paid tribute to the event which took place on Tuesday.
The Internet Watch Foundation has welcomed moves to help protect children online.
Partnerships between the IWF and businesses will help keep children safe
The portals, including the IWF's first in Europe, will allow people to report child sexual abuse material to the IWF should they stumble across it online
Sierra Leone’s President Dr. Julius Maada Bio “applauds” the launch, saying it is an “unprecedented collaboration in our preparedness to end internet sexual and other crimes against children.”
Chris Elmore, chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Media, says he will work with the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) on an inquiry into the increase in reports of online child sexual abuse material.
New data reveals that self-generated imagery now accounts for nearly a third of web pages featuring sexual images of children actioned by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).
Internet Watch Foundation CEO says a heavy dose of reality is needed over the amount of child sexual abuse content on our open internet as millions of abusive images were found and removed last year.
