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  1. Changes to UK Government’s Online Safety Bill welcomed

    The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) supports an amendment to the Online Safety Bill which will demand the development of new technologies to better detect child sexual abuse material online.

  2. IWF urges young people to get help as criminals target younger children in ‘sextortion’ scams

    Tamsin McNally, Hotline Manager at the IWF, appeared live on National BBC Breakfast news to warn about the increasing prevalence of “sextortion” online.

  3. IWF calls on coders to join their Hackathon and help stop child sexual abuse online

    The aim of the Hackathon is to help pioneer new solutions to lead the world in the fightback against the spread of child sexual abuse material on the internet.

  4. More children victims of online sexual abuse than ever – as AI opens new battleground

    More children than ever are becoming victim of online sexual abuse, with technology offering abusers more access to them than ever.

  5. The IWF partners with the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children to launch portal to report child sexual abuse material

    The IWF partners with ICMEC to launch portal that allows anyone, anywhere to report child sexual abuse material online.

  6. Bitcoins accepted for child sexual abuse imagery

    UK business websites targeted to host child sexual abuse images and videos.

  7. IWF partners with MTN, Meta, ICMEC and Child Helpline International on a vital child sexual abuse awareness campaign and launches Africa portal to help prevent the spread of child sexual abuse material online

    This new campaign is aimed at raising awareness of the gradual increase of child sexual abuse material and how it can be reported by the public in target countries.

  8. A million of the worst child sexual abuse images graded by ‘elite’ taskforce

    The ‘shocking’ images of children can involve penetrative sexual activity, sexual activity with an animal, and sadism.

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

  10. ‘Ofcom and Government should not reinvent the wheel’ - IWF stands ready to help regulator stamp out online child sexual abuse material

    The Government must now act on the Committee’s recommendations to make sure this legislation brings in the strong and effective safeguards we need to keep children safe online.

  11. IWF welcomes online protections as MP says there could be up to 90 online sexual offences against children every day

    The Internet Watch Foundation has welcomed moves to help protect children online.

  12. Child Safety Online must be a priority

    13 organisations launch campaign to stop the spread of child sexual abuse material online