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  1. IWF urges Apple not to abandon new plans to help keep children safe online

    The Internet Watch Foundation is supporting calls for Apple not to abandon new plans to help keep children safe online.

  2. Millions of attempts to access child sexual abuse online during lockdown

    The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and its partners blocked at least 8.8 million attempts by UK internet users to access videos and images of children suffering sexual abuse during lockdown

  3. 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.

  4. '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.

  5. “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

  6. 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.

  7. Heimdal joins fight against child sexual abuse material online

    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.

  8. Minister praises IWF’s ‘vital’ work as Peers discuss rising threats highlighted in hotline’s annual report

  9. ‘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

  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. Latest Internet Watch Foundation report shows Europe now hosts 60% of child sexual abuse webpages

  12. Child sexual abuse content increasingly being ‘masked’ online to hide crimes – latest global data