IWF used to receive some funding from the European Union’s EU Safer Internet Programme. This is now provided by Nominet.
Two years ago, IWF took a conscious and deliberate decision to work with companies which specialise in adult content.
The IWF is made up of a team of over 70 diverse team members working in a variety of disciplines including our team of front-line analysts
“Imagine your darkest moments exposed to an unknown number of people. Then imagine strangers watching your pain for sexual satisfaction. That’s what happens for some of the children whose abuse images we see online."
IWF supports the Online Safety Act by helping adult sites detect, remove, and prevent child sexual abuse imagery online.
IWF Standards of Good Practice for Adult Content Providers
The ‘world first’ standards will help to ‘set and raise’ standards to prevent the upload and distribution of online child sexual abuse imagery.
Global cybersecurity company Heimdal has joined forces with the Internet Watch Foundation to tackle child sexual abuse imagery online and make the internet a safer space for users.
Move for a Safer Internet returns for its third year: A Cyber-Led Sporting Challenge