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  1. What did we learn from the US Senate hearing over online harms?

    Wednesday’s hearing brings into sharp focus the problems that organisations like ours, the Internet Watch Foundation, are dealing with every day.

  2. IWF urges young people to get help as criminals target younger children in ‘sextortion’ scams

    Tamsin McNally, Hotline Manager at the IWF, appeared live on National BBC Breakfast news to warn about the increasing prevalence of “sextortion” online.

  3. IWF urges Apple not to abandon new plans to help keep children safe online

    The Internet Watch Foundation is supporting calls for Apple not to abandon new plans to help keep children safe online.

  4. Our campaigns

    In conjunction with partners in the private and public sector, we regularly run campaigns aimed at raising awareness & prevention of child sexual abuse online.

  5. IWF analysts finding fifteen times more child sexual abuse content online than they were ten years ago

    Expert analysts have taken action against 200,000 websites containing child sexual abuse material

  6. IWF joins leading policing researchers to tackle online grooming and sexual imagery of children

    The findings will be ‘invaluable’ in turning the tide on the threat children are facing from online predators.

  7. Samantha Morton delivers heart-felt speech on child sexual abuse at Internet Watch Foundation event

    Hollywood actor Samantha Morton spoke movingly at an event for the Internet Watch Foundation on Tuesday night, where she called on the Government to take steps to better protect children online.

  8. UK Safer Internet Centre

    The Internet Watch Foundation partners with Childnet International and SWGfL in the UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC).

  9. End-to-end encryption journalist's briefing

    As online child sexual abuse soars, we urge companies to bring in additional child protection measures if they intend to fully encrypt their platforms.

  10. Under sixes manipulated into ‘disturbing’ sexual abuse while playing alone online as IWF says regulation can’t wait

    Internet Watch Foundation sees the most extreme year on record in 2023 Annual Report and calls for immediate action to protect very young children online.

  11. IWF CEO and Hotline Director win at PIER Excellence in Online Protection Awards

    IWF Chief Executive Susie Hargreaves OBE and Hotline Director Chris Hughes have respectively won awards for inspirational leadership, and for operational impact.

  12. Public exposure to ‘chilling’ AI child sexual abuse images and videos increases