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  1. 'Staggering' scale of online threat to children revealed as report says 850,000 people in UK could pose sexual risk to children

    The National Crime Agency estimates there to be between 550,000 and 850,000 people in the UK who pose varying forms of sexual risk to children.

  2. “We’ve got to get a grip on the epidemic on our open internet” - UK charity deals with record number of reports of online child sexual abuse material

  3. IWF welcomes renewed Government commitment to tackling online child sexual abuse material

    The Queen used her speech at the state opening of Parliament to reaffirm the Government's commitment to develop legislation to make the internet safer for children and "vulnerable" users.

  4. IWF analysts finding fifteen times more child sexual abuse content online than they were ten years ago

    Expert analysts have taken action against 200,000 websites containing child sexual abuse material

  5. Model of good practice for adult sector to be developed by IWF and MindGeek

    A "pioneering" new partnership between the Internet Watch Foundation and MindGeek will offer a blueprint for how the adult industry can help in the fight against child sexual abuse material online.

  6. ‘Vital’ child protection work sees top honour for IWF’s Susie Hargreaves

    ‘Vital’ child protection work sees top honour for IWF’s Susie Hargreaves - The NSPCC has made Ms Hargreaves an honorary member of the NSPCC council

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. Parliamentarians join the IWF to tackle online child sexual abuse material

    On 28 April 2025, the IWF hosted MPs, peers, and staffers in Parliament to discuss the urgent findings of our 2024 Annual Data & Insights Report.

  11. Self-generated child sexual abuse fieldwork findings report

    This report conducted in collaboration with the Policing Institute for the Eastern Region (PIER) highlights the gravity of self-generated child sexual abuse material.

  12. ‘Terrifying escalation’ in battle to keep children safe online as new figures reveal 300,000 people in the UK could pose sexual threat to children

    The National Crime Agency (NCA) has revealed it believes there are a minimum 300,000 individuals in the UK posing a sexual threat to children, either through physical “contact” abuse or online.