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  1. New online safety legislation needs to be made more robust MPs warn

    The IWF is calling for greater clarity on online harms as MPs warn new online safety legislation needs to be made more robust to help keep children safe online.

  2. AI Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material Professional's Resource

    Download essential guides for professionals on understanding, identifying and responding to AI-generated Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). Developed by IWF & NCA.

  3. IWF has record month as public reports of child sexual abuse surge

    IWF analysts have seen accelerating numbers of public reports of child sexual abuse, with more people staying and working from home among contributing factors.

  4. New tactics mean 137% increase in identified child sexual abuse imagery

    The Internet Watch Foundation has identified and assisted the removal of 137% more webpages depicting child sexual abuse last year, than the year before.

  5. How we build awareness , protect and influence

    Explore how IWF's 2024 campaigns, including 'Think Before You Share' and 'Report Remove', raise awareness and support victims of online child sexual abuse.

  6. Should encryption be curbed to combat child abuse?

    For nine years, Chris Hughes has fought a battle very few people ever see. He oversees a team of 21 analysts in Cambridge who locate, identify and remove child sexual abuse material (CSAM) from the internet.

  7. New partner steps up to help IWF stop the spread of child sex abuse imagery online

    Software developer Fastvue joins forces with the Internet Watch Foundation in the fight to stop sexual abuse content of children online.

  8. Webpages containing the most extreme child abuse have doubled since 2020

    Images of children aged as young as seven being abused online have risen by almost two thirds while the number of webpages found to contain the most extreme material has doubled in recent years, according to a report.

  9. Case Study: the Moroccan portal launched in record time

    The Morocco Reporting Portal launched on Safer Internet Day 2021 (9 February), celebrating the international efforts and best practice to make the internet safer for all, and especially for children.

  10. ‘Worst nightmares’ come true as predators are able to make thousands of new AI images of real child victims

    AI-Generated Child Abuse Sexual Imagery Threatens to “Overwhelm” Internet

  11. IWF works alongside Ukraine to help stop spread of child sexual abuse material during war

    Portal’s relaunch provides vital protection against online child sexual exploitation a year on from the start of the Russian invasion.

  12. Fears for children as Online Safety Bill delayed

    The IWF has warned momentum must not be lost in the fight to protect children from predators and abusers online as key legislation suffers a delay in Parliament.