IWF urges the implementation of technological safeguards to protect children, as ‘shocking’ figures from the UK’s National Crime Agency show 830,000 adults who pose some degree of sexual risk to children.
The processes IWF use to assess child sexual abuse imagery online and have it removed from the internet.
The Internet Watch Foundation work with a wide range of global partners to effectively find and remove online child sexual abuse imagery.
Find out how the Internet Watch Foundation works in partnership with INHOPE to tackle global child sexual abuse imagery online.
How the Internet Watch Foundation works within the law to assess criminal imagery of children suffering sexual abuse. Includes legal guidelines, MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) case law.
The IWF's role regarding government legislation on the possession of non-photographic visual depictions of the sexual abuse of children.
The National Crime Agency estimates there to be between 550,000 and 850,000 people in the UK who pose varying forms of sexual risk to children.
Learn how IWF assesses and categorises imagery to create hashes that help prevent the spread of child sexual abuse content online.
Learn how IWF's Hotline assessed over 424,000 reports and 1.2 million images in 2024 to combat online child sexual abuse.
In 2024, IWF assessed over 424,000 reports, confirming 291,273 contained or linked to child sexual abuse imagery, with 91% being 'self-generated' content.