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What’s the biggest problem on the internet? Images of child sexual abuse and grooming, say UK young men.

What’s the biggest problem on the internet? Images of child sexual abuse and grooming, say UK young men.

Young men think the biggest issues on the internet are images of child sexual abuse and grooming.

31 July 2017 News
New social media platform developer Netiqet Labs joins IWF membership

New social media platform developer Netiqet Labs joins IWF membership

Internet Watch Foundation’s (IWF) newest Member is Netiqet Labs Ltd.

28 July 2017 News
Netsweeper and the IWF up the Ante Against Child Sexual Abuse Imagery with Microsoft Photo DNA Technology

Netsweeper and the IWF up the Ante Against Child Sexual Abuse Imagery with Microsoft Photo DNA Technology

Netsweeper and the IWF are working globally to detect and stop child sexual abuse imagery on the internet.

27 July 2017 News
Namibia launches IWF reporting portal for online images and videos of child sexual abuse

Namibia launches IWF reporting portal for online images and videos of child sexual abuse

Web users in Namibia will now have a dedicated online portal for reporting child sexual abuse images and videos, safely and anonymously.

27 June 2017 News
  Renato Software joins IWF’s fight against child sexual abuse imagery online

Renato Software joins IWF’s fight against child sexual abuse imagery online

The latest Member to join IWF membership is senso.cloud developer Renato Software Ltd.

27 June 2017 News
IWF named twice in 2017 Digital Leaders 100 list

IWF named twice in 2017 Digital Leaders 100 list

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has been nominated twice for the renowned Digital Leaders list

10 May 2017 News
IWF Chief nominated for top award

IWF Chief nominated for top award

Susie Hargreaves OBE receives Executive of the Year nomination for the internet’s most prestigious industry awards in the UK.

8 May 2017 News

Everton backs new Safeguarding Campaign

Everton’s players have backed a pioneering campaign which aims to teach young men how to report indecent images of children in a safe and proactive way.

14 April 2017 News

The leading German Usenet provider UseNeXT is IWF’s newest Member

The Usenet Access Provider UseNeXT has joined Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) membership.

7 April 2017 News

Latest Internet Watch Foundation report shows Europe now hosts 60% of child sexual abuse webpages

Abuse of generic Top Level Domains, free-to-use services and disguised websites all factors in latest figures on hosting of criminal content

2 April 2017 News

Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) calls on more in the domain industry to do the right thing

The internet is a wonderful tool that has advanced the way that we communicate, learn and shop in a much more efficient manner.  However, criminals have also taken notice of this and are exploiting it in many ways.

2 April 2017 News

Child sexual abuse content increasingly being ‘masked’ online to hide crimes – latest global data

The “disguised website” technique makes detection harder.

2 April 2017 News