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  1. EU countries urged to have ‘courage’ and push for better laws to protect children at IWF’s Annual Report launch in Brussels

    EU countries urged to have ‘courage’ and push for better laws to protect children at IWF’s annual report launch in Brussels

  2. Full feature-length AI films of child sexual abuse will be ‘inevitable’ as synthetic videos make ‘huge leaps’ in sophistication in a year

    AI-generated child sexual abuse videos have surged 400% in 2025, with experts warning of increasingly realistic, extreme content and the urgent need for regulation to prevent full-length synthetic abuse films.

  3. IWF urges for ‘loophole’ to be closed in proposed EU laws criminalising AI child sexual abuse as synthetic videos make ‘huge leaps’ in sophistication

    New data reveals AI child sexual abuse continues to spread online as criminals create more realistic, and more extreme, imagery.

  4. Tech companies must not encrypt platforms unless guarantees can be made on child safety, MPs warn

    A new report published by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Social Media.

  5. Campaigners push to stop this being ‘the summer of online sexual abuse’ against children

    Campaigners are warning teenagers and their parents about online grooming and sexual exploitation as schools break up for the summer.

  6. ‘Beyond heart-breaking’ abuse as predators groom children to film siblings and friends

  7. Annual Report 2023

    Discover the latest trends & data in the fight against online child sexual abuse imagery in the 2023 Annual Report from the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).

  8. Invite Child Abuse Pyramid (ICAP) sites

    Explore how ICAP sites use pyramid-style schemes to distribute child sexual abuse material, increasing public exposure and aiding criminal profits.

  9. Award 'testament to hard work of staff' as IWF campaigns to warn parents and children about online grooming

    The Internet Watch Foundation is pleased to be among the winners of the Digital Communication Awards 2021.

  10. ‘Appalling’ rise of ‘devious’ criminals tricking children into sexually abusing themselves on camera

    New IWF data reveals a startling increase in ‘self-generated’ material where children have been tricked or groomed by predators.

  11. Minister praises IWF’s ‘vital’ work as Peers discuss rising threats highlighted in hotline’s annual report