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  1. IWF launches campaign with a ‘provocative’ call to EU citizens and MEPs ahead of critical negotiations on child sexual abuse law

    The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has launched a deliberately provocative public campaign in Brussels calling on EU citizens and MEPs to back a robust Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (CSAR). Titled "The Petition No One Would Sign," the campaign presents a mock petition asking the public to support making it easier for child sexual abuse to spread online — a proposition no one would actually endorse — to highlight the real-world consequences of a weak or delayed CSAR. Launched physically across Brussels, including at Schuman Metro station, and digitally across Europe, the campaign coincides with EU negotiators resuming talks this autumn after four years of stalled progress. The IWF cites a 260-fold rise in AI-generated child sexual abuse videos in 2025 alone. CEO Kerry Smith argues the technology and proposals to protect children already exist — what's missing is political will. The campaign urges citizens to contact their MEPs before the CSAR's temporary legal basis lapses in 2028.

  2. Survivor voice central to IWF annual report launch discussions in Brussels

    Crucial perspectives from a survivor and a senior analyst at the front line of the fight against child sexual abuse material anchored the EU launch of the Internet Watch Foundation’s 2025 Annual Data & Insights Report.

  3. Full feature-length AI films of child sexual abuse will be ‘inevitable’ as synthetic videos make ‘huge leaps’ in sophistication in a year

    AI-generated child sexual abuse videos have surged 400% in 2025, with experts warning of increasingly realistic, extreme content and the urgent need for regulation to prevent full-length synthetic abuse films.

  4. ‘Disturbing’ AI-generated child sexual abuse images found on hidden chatbot website that simulates indecent fantasies

  5. MEP visits IWF ahead of vital negotiations in EU Parliament on AI child sexual abuse content

    Dutch MEP Jeroen Lenaers visits the IWF offices in Cambridge, UK, to hear directly from frontline experts about the harms of AI in the fight against online child sexual abuse.

  6. ‘Disturbing’ rise in videos of children who have been groomed into filming their own abuse

  7. ‘Terrifying escalation’ in battle to keep children safe online as new figures reveal 300,000 people in the UK could pose sexual threat to children

    The National Crime Agency (NCA) has revealed it believes there are a minimum 300,000 individuals in the UK posing a sexual threat to children, either through physical “contact” abuse or online.

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

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

  10. Analyst's ‘hunch’ leads to British schoolgirl’s rescue from online child sexual abuse

    An IWF analyst’s instincts told him he could act quickly to intervene after he received an anonymous tip off.

  11. ‘Something’s not right!’ Two well-known faces & one creative approach to engage with young people on the sensitive issue of online child sexual abuse

  12. IWF 'at the heart' of national response to fighting indecent images of children, report says

    The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) today (12 March) published its report into the growing problem of “online-facilitated child sexual abuse”.