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  1. More than one in 10 British young people exposed to online child sexual abuse

    New research commissioned by the Internet Watch Foundation shows that more than one in 10 British young people have been exposed to online child sexual abuse material

  2. 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.

  3. The net is closing on child sexual abuse images

    Each day, a team of analysts faces a seemingly endless mountain of horrors. The team of 21, who work at the Internet Watch Foundation’s office in Cambridgeshire, spend hours trawling through images and videos containing child sexual abuse.

  4. IWF Podcast Warns Introducing End-to-end Encryption to Messaging Apps Could Hinder Detection of Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

    In a new podcast released by the Internet Watch Foundation, the charity says introducing end-to-end encryption to messaging apps could hinder the detection and removal of child sexual abuse material from the internet.

  5. EU Parliament deal is an unacceptable compromise on children’s safety online, warns child rights coalition

    The Internet Watch Foundation is joining ECLAG coalition partners in a statement urging EU policymakers ‘to not fail children, victims and survivors and adopt ambitious measures to effectively protect children from sexual abuse and grooming.’

  6. Surge in use of ‘game-changing’ Report Remove service

    Child protection analysts have seen a significant rise in reports from children accessing the world-leading Report Remove service run by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and the NSPCC’s Childline service.

  7. Landmark data sharing agreement to help safeguard victims of sexual abuse imagery

    The UK’s Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and the USA’s National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) announce a landmark agreement to better protect children whose sexual abuse images are shared and traded on the internet.

  8. Early IWF figures indicate an increase in online child sexual abuse images taken down

    The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) can confirm that the number of reports of child sexual abuse imagery online actioned for removal in the first half of 2015, was significantly higher than in 2014.

  9. Power partnership boosts fight to stop spread of child sexual abuse imagery online

    DoubleVerify, a leader in digital advertising, has partnered with the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) to proactively disrupt the spread of child sexual abuse material and make the internet safer for everyone.

  10. IWF welcomes new Barnardo’s and Marie Collins Foundation report

    Today (5 November) sees the publication of Digital dangers, by Tink Palmer, a long awaited report looking at the impact of technology on the sexual abuse and exploitation of children and young people in the UK.

  11. Draft report on vital EU proposal to stop child sexual abuse welcomed as ‘strong and balanced’

    IWF signs open letter applauding LIBE Committee’s report and supports calls for amendments that will more concretely ensure child safety online.

  12. Major increase in child sexual abuse videos made with AI

    Exclusive data shared with Channel 4 News shows that 1,300 videos have been found globally so far in 2025.