Statements

IWF welcomes Government commitment to keeping children safe online

The IWF welcomes the Government's commitment to keeping children safe online

6 September 2023 Statement

IWF calls for swift action to ensure laws to protect children’s safety online are not at risk

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is urging Ministers to act swiftly and ensure world-leading legislation to protect children online is not put at risk by further Government delays.

1 December 2022 Statement

The consequences of delaying the Online Safety Bill

The IWF says delaying the Online Safety Bill will see more children victimised and sexually abused amid fears the long-awaited legislation is set to suffer another delay.

26 October 2022 Statement

Fears for children as Online Safety Bill delayed

'With so much up in the air, we must never lose focus on the most vulnerable people in our society.'

14 July 2022 Statement

Today (December 14) the Joint Committee published its report on the Government’s draft Online Safety Bill

The draft legislation aims to make the internet safer, and will establish Ofcom as a statutory regulator to enforce standards on a range of online harms including the availability and spread of child sexual abuse material.

14 December 2021 Statement

IWF welcomes new online safety rules but warns more still needs to be done to make sure children are safe online

The Age Appropriate Design Code, which comes into effect today (September 2), sets out 15 standards that online services need to follow.

2 September 2021 Statement

IWF welcomes Apple’s 'promising' plans to scan devices for child sexual abuse material

' They have acknowledged that, while customers’ privacy must be respected and protected, it cannot be at the expense of children’s safety.'

6 August 2021 Statement

IWF 'increasingly concerned about impact of pornography on the lives of young children' as age verification measures not included in new Bill

Last week, the UK Government published the draft draft Online Safety Bill which aims to “put an end to harmful practices online".

19 May 2021 Statement

IWF applauds tech companies' commitment to continue scanning for child sexual abuse material despite new EU ePrivacy rules

“Anything which weakens protections for children is unacceptable. Christmas is supposed to be a time where we look out for the youngest and most vulnerable. It is not the time to give predators a free pass to share videos of abuse and rape"

21 December 2020 Statement

All IWF Hotline operations resume as new social distancing measures brought in

Throughout the lockdown period the IWF Hotline has remained operational, but social distancing measures meant some activities had to be scaled back

2 June 2020 Statement

COVID-19 coronavirus announcement

The IWF continues to work as usual but, with many staff now working remotely, there may be delays in responding to emails and phone calls .

16 March 2020 Statement

Fault with Three’s network wrongly points to IWF

A fault with Three’s network is incorrectly signposting some Three customers to the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).

26 February 2020 Statement