‘There can be no safe place for these criminals to operate. Children deserve a safer and happier internet.’
How the Internet Watch Foundation started in 1996 and how it's leading the fight against child sexual abuse imagery online today.
Isobel has been working throughout lockdown. With her colleagues in the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) analyst room in Cambridge she has been responding to a rising number of tipoffs from the public that child abuse images are circulating online. The work is gruelling.
IWF wants to help young people stay safe online by making sure you know what to do if you accidentally see sexual images or videos of someone you think might be under 18.
World’s first public WiFi accreditation scheme a year old, protecting UK internet users from child sexual abuse imagery in coffee shops and supermarkets.
Call for lawmakers to act quickly as new data shows child sexual abuse reports are soaring in wake of pandemic.
A new report by an independent think tank looks at what can be done by police and government to help “turn the tide of online child sexual abuse”.
It's only thanks to our supporters, donors and fundraisers that we're able to continue and expand our work to seek out and remove online child sexual abuse.
The project is the first of its kind to use chatbot technology to intervene when people attempt to search for sexual images of children and aim to help them stop, or not start, offending.
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.