'They have acknowledged that, while customers’ privacy must be respected and protected, it cannot be at the expense of children’s safety.'
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.’
A new report published by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Social Media.
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.
The Internet Watch Foundation says criminal gangs are finding ‘safe havens’ to harbour abuse imagery in EU countries.
Information from IWF on how we handle the privacy of stakeholder data and information.
It is IWF policy to make every effort to protect our information assets from threats – whether they be internal or external, deliberate or accidental.
The EU ePrivacy derogation has lapsed, leaving children vulnerable. We must restore legal certainty for CSAM detection. Protecting children is not a threat to privacy; it is a fundamental human right.
Germany is being urged to support tougher European proposals to target and eliminate child sexual abuse on the internet.