IWF wants to help young people stay safe online by making sure you know what to do if you accidentally see sexual images or videos of someone you think might be under 18.
IWF reveals 2024 as the worst year for online child sexual abuse imagery urging the Prime Minister to strengthen the Online Safety Act and close critical loopholes.
Tech Secretary sees ‘heartbreaking’ scale of online child sexual abuse on IWF hotline visit as ‘transformational’ online safety rules come into effect
IWF supports the Online Safety Act by helping adult sites detect, remove, and prevent child sexual abuse imagery online.
The IWF’s ‘Think Before You Share’ campaign, created with agency Consider, has been named Communications Campaign of the Year at the 2026 Third Sector Awards and won Gold for Behaviour Change Campaign of the Year at the 2026 Global Good Awards. The campaign helped drive a 77% rise in young people using Report Remove to get nude images taken down.
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.’
IWF join ECLAG coalition colleagues outside the EU Parliament in Brussels to highlight the importance of passing the Child Sexual Abuse Regulation.
'We ask everyone to join this noble cause aimed towards curbing this vice that threatens our children’s well-being'.
Analysts at the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) are preparing for an increase in public reporting of criminal material as a result of millions of people self-isolating at home.