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Registry steps up to tackle child sexual abuse online in partnership with IWF

Registry steps up to tackle child sexual abuse online in partnership with IWF

Domain .ME partners with the Internet Watch Foundation to help put an end to child sexual abuse imagery online.

6 May 2025 News
Minister praises IWF’s ‘vital’ work as Peers discuss rising threats highlighted in hotline’s annual report

Minister praises IWF’s ‘vital’ work as Peers discuss rising threats highlighted in hotline’s annual report

The IWF’s work is “vital” in combatting online child sexual abuse imagery, a Tech Minister said, amid calls for action on “scourge” of online grooming and abuse.

6 May 2025 News
New partnership builds connections to prioritise children’s safety online

New partnership builds connections to prioritise children’s safety online

Glide joins the IWF to help eliminate child sexual abuse material.

28 April 2025 News
Charity raises alarm over surge in level of child sexual abuse imagery hosted in EU

Charity raises alarm over surge in level of child sexual abuse imagery hosted in EU

Call for Member States to come together and push forward with ‘desperately needed’ child protection laws as thousands of webpages containing children’s sexual abuse traced back to EU servers.

23 April 2025 News
Teens face ‘crisis’ of online sexual exploitation as charity says major new Government-backed scheme will ‘put rocket boosters’ on Online Safety Act

Teens face ‘crisis’ of online sexual exploitation as charity says major new Government-backed scheme will ‘put rocket boosters’ on Online Safety Act

IWF announces ‘ground-breaking’ decision to give thousands of smaller platforms free protection from millions of child sexual abuse images and videos as new report reveals scale of online threat to children.

23 April 2025 News
Peer39 joins with IWF to prevent offenders profiting from the promotion of child sexual abuse content

Peer39 joins with IWF to prevent offenders profiting from the promotion of child sexual abuse content

New collaboration between advertising expert and Internet Watch Foundation will hit criminals in their pockets.

2 April 2025 News
AI giving offenders ‘DIY child sexual abuse’ tool, as dozens of child victims used in AI models, IWF warns MPs

AI giving offenders ‘DIY child sexual abuse’ tool, as dozens of child victims used in AI models, IWF warns MPs

The IWF has welcomed upcoming new legislation while giving evidence in Parliament this week.

28 March 2025 News
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
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