IWF used to receive some funding from the European Union’s EU Safer Internet Programme. This is now provided by Nominet.
“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."
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 90 diverse team members working in a variety of disciplines including our team of front-line analysts
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.
Move for a Safer Internet returns for its third year: A Cyber-Led Sporting Challenge
Three years ago, when Pinsent Masons set out to unite their communities to raise money for the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), no one could have predicted how far their idea would go or how many people would still be moving for the cause three years later.
On Safer Internet Day 2026, the IWF and child protection partners worldwide unite to call for a global ban on AI nudify apps and tools.