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Twitter and IWF boost international online safety campaign for parents to support child safety during lockdown
The series of videos was created in collaboration with five governments, six companies and numerous NGOs within a two-week period.
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Help the IWF tackle child sexual abuse online at our second Online Child Safety Hackathon
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Latest Internet Watch Foundation report shows Europe now hosts 60% of child sexual abuse webpages
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Child sexual abuse content increasingly being ‘masked’ online to hide crimes – latest global data
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‘Exponential increase in cruelty’ as sextortion scams hit younger victims
Reports involving sexual extortion are on the rise as criminals become more ‘adept’ at targeting younger children.
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‘Disturbing’ rise in videos of children who have been groomed into filming their own abuse
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“The time for talking is over, Europe requires firm effective action now.”
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New tool empowers children and young people to stop spread of nude images online
Childline and the IWF launch new tool to help young people remove nude images that have been shared online
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'Pivotal moment' as Online Safety Act gains Royal Assent
The Internet Watch Foundation has heralded a “pivotal moment” in online safety as new laws to help make the internet safer for children are adopted in the UK.
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Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week: How IWF analysts make a difference
“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."
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New IWF members aim to help fight to rid the internet of child sexual abuse images and videos
Online advertising company ExoClick joins the IWF as a member.
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Changes to UK Government’s Online Safety Bill welcomed
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) supports an amendment to the Online Safety Bill which will demand the development of new technologies to better detect child sexual abuse material online.