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.
The tools used to create the images remain legal in the UK, the Internet Watch Foundation says, even though AI child sexual abuse images are illegal.
Learn how IWF assesses and categorises imagery to create hashes that help prevent the spread of child sexual abuse content online.
IWF and Black Forest Labs join forces to combat harmful AI-generated content. The partnership grants the frontier AI lab access to safety tech tools.
UK internet service provider Glide is aligning with the Internet Watch Foundation to help eliminate child sexual abuse material online
The Internet Watch Foundation assessed more than 50,000 reports to its hotline during 2013. Today (7 April) it reveals the latest trends in assessing and removing child sexual abuse images from the internet.
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.
Schools Broadband is the latest Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) Member, becoming the 109th organisation to join the IWF’s vision of an internet free of child sexual abuse images.
The Internet Watch Foundation has identified and assisted the removal of 137% more webpages depicting child sexual abuse last year, than the year before.