World’s first public WiFi accreditation scheme a year old, protecting UK internet users from child sexual abuse imagery in coffee shops and supermarkets.
A record number of reports of online child sexual abuse have been processed by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).
Cambridgeshire mum Lillian* has one of the most unusual and, sometimes, harrowing jobs in the world.
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has welcomed a new Member, Utropolis, a next generation web filtering and digital safeguarding company.
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.
New Internet Watch Foundation data reveals a sharp rise in commercial child sexual abuse websites, with criminal gangs monetising children’s exploitation through subscription models and digital payments. The charity warns of systemic failures across online platforms, financial services and encrypted technologies that allow abuse to flourish. As reports of sexual extortion surge, particularly targeting boys, the IWF calls for stronger regulation of payment systems, encryption safeguards and decisive government action to disrupt the online economy of child sexual exploitation.
The Internet Watch Foundation has announced it will offer a new safety tool to smaller sites for free to help fight online harms.