Explore how IWF identifies and addresses non-photographic child sexual abuse imagery, including drawings and CGI, under UK legislation.
Learn how IWF assesses and categorises imagery to create hashes that help prevent the spread of child sexual abuse content online.
“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."
Tamsin McNally, Hotline Manager at the IWF, appeared live on National BBC Breakfast news to warn about the increasing prevalence of “sextortion” online.
Cambridgeshire mum Lillian* has one of the most unusual and, sometimes, harrowing jobs in the world.
New Zealand’s largest telecommunications and digital services company, Spark, joins the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), to help keep the internet free from child sexual abuse content.
UK internet service provider Glide is aligning with the Internet Watch Foundation to help eliminate child sexual abuse material online
The IWF's role regarding government legislation on the possession of non-photographic visual depictions of the sexual abuse of children.
IWF has been named Not for Profit of the Year at the British Data Awards 2022.
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.
Reports involving sexual extortion are on the rise as criminals become more ‘adept’ at targeting younger children.