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News & media

Our most recent stories can be found below.

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Olivia’s story

Wed 24 Apr 2019

We pieced together Olivia's story over a three-month period by collecting and recording data every time we saw her. Names and some details have been changed to protect identities.

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IWF launches 'Once Upon a Year' and vows to tackle the demand for images of child rape

Wed 24 Apr 2019

‘Once Upon a Year’ features a true story about a child called Olivia whose rape and sexual torture is seen daily online.

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IWF responds to Online Harms White Paper: Let’s do the right thing online for victims of child sexual abuse

Mon 8 Apr 2019

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) welcomes the opportunity the Online Harms White Paper consultation brings and looks forward to helping government and policy makers to shape positive regulation to protect children online.

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Fighting popular misconceptions about criminal content online

Tue 12 Mar 2019

Are you confident you can tell what is illegal content online? And that you can rightly tell the age of young people on images online? Do you think reporting makes a difference?

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Statement: On the ‘Regulating in a digital world’ report by the Select Committee on Communications of the House of Lords

Mon 11 Mar 2019

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) welcomes today’s report from the House of Lords’ Communications Committee and the 10 principles it recommends to help shape the digital world of the future.

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UK Safer Internet Centre public report released

Tue 5 Mar 2019

As the UKSIC embarks on its fifth phase of co-funding from the EU Commission we look back at the achievements of the partnership in our public report.

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IWF’s position statement on regulation of the internet: Top CEO warns of consequences of regulation

Fri 22 Feb 2019

IWF’s CEO Susie Hargreaves OBE puts forward a voice of reason by urging politicians and policy makers to take a balanced approach to internet regulation.

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Kik steps up as IWF's latest Member

Wed 13 Feb 2019

Canadian chat giant joins IWF

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G2 Risk Summit: The financial risks of commercial child sexual abuse content to payments industry

Tue 12 Feb 2019

Blog by Will Few, Development Manager