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  1. Call for Prime Minister to intervene as IWF uncovers record levels of online child sexual abuse imagery

    IWF reveals 2024 as the worst year for online child sexual abuse imagery urging the Prime Minister to strengthen the Online Safety Act and close critical loopholes.

  2. Tech Secretary sees ‘heartbreaking’ scale of online abuse on IWF hotline visit as ‘transformational’ online safety rules come into effect

    Tech Secretary sees ‘heartbreaking’ scale of online child sexual abuse on IWF hotline visit as ‘transformational’ online safety rules come into effect

  3. The IWF welcomes clear direction from Government on online safety efforts

  4. IWF working with the adult sector is vital if we’re serious about tackling child sexual abuse imagery online

    IWF supports the Online Safety Act by helping adult sites detect, remove, and prevent child sexual abuse imagery online.

  5. Under 10s groomed online ‘like never before’ as hotline discovers record amount of child sexual abuse

    Alarming increase in online grooming and child sexual abuse imagery, particularly among under 10s, in 2023 as reported by the IWF.

  6. IWF sounds alarm for young people and parents as sharing of nudes becomes ‘normalised’ in UK schools

    A new national campaign features suggestive images of fruit, while radio ads feature Cunk on Earth star Diane Morgan.

  7. New partnership strengthens Bluesky’s ability to tackle child sexual abuse imagery

    New IWF partnership strengthens Bluesky’s ability to tackle child sexual abuse imagery

  8. Registry steps up to tackle child sexual abuse online in partnership with IWF

    Domain .ME, the registry for the .ME domain extension, has partnered with the Internet Watch Foundation to help put an end to child sexual abuse imagery online

  9. 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.

  10. IWF urges for ‘loophole’ to be closed in proposed EU laws criminalising AI child sexual abuse as synthetic videos make ‘huge leaps’ in sophistication

    New data reveals AI child sexual abuse continues to spread online as criminals create more realistic, and more extreme, imagery.

  11. Tech companies must not encrypt platforms unless guarantees can be made on child safety, MPs warn

    A new report published by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Social Media.

  12. Campaigners push to stop this being ‘the summer of online sexual abuse’ against children

    Campaigners are warning teenagers and their parents about online grooming and sexual exploitation as schools break up for the summer.