Chris joined the IWF in February 2012. He is responsible for the running of the hotline, which receives inbound reports from all over the world and proactively searches for child sexual abuse material.
Minister praises work to find and remove images and videos of child sexual abuse from the internet, and says new legislation will aim to tackle the issue.
Britain will make it illegal to use artificial intelligence tools that create child sexual abuse images.
IWF Chief Executive Susie Hargreaves OBE and Hotline Director Chris Hughes have respectively won awards for inspirational leadership, and for operational impact.
Each day, a team of analysts faces a seemingly endless mountain of horrors. The team of 21, who work at the Internet Watch Foundation’s office in Cambridgeshire, spend hours trawling through images and videos containing child sexual abuse.
New IWF data shows that three in every five child sexual abuse reports are hosted in an EU member state.
A day in the life of the IWF’s child abuse image taskforce. "They know they are about to witness some of the most upsetting things ever uploaded onto the internet"
IWF confirms it has begun to see AI-generated imagery of child sexual abuse being shared online, with some examples being so realistic they would be indistinguishable from real imagery.
Online advertising company ExoClick joins the IWF as a member.
New data published by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) shows girls are at increasing risk online.
Explore how IWF's 2024 campaigns, including 'Think Before You Share' and 'Report Remove', raise awareness and support victims of online child sexual abuse.