Tech Secretary sees ‘heartbreaking’ scale of online child sexual abuse on IWF hotline visit as ‘transformational’ online safety rules come into effect
Record amount of online child sexual abuse blocked as landmark Bill faces delays
The portal gives people in El Salvador a safe, anonymous place to report child sexual abuse material if they accidentally find it online.
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.
The Internet Watch Foundation partners with Childnet International and SWGfL in the UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC).
Safe Online has supported many of IWF’s projects, including the Reporting Portals project, the reThink chatbot project and the Reporting Portals evaluation. These tools are making the internet safer for all users.
Thousands of images and videos of child sexual abuse could be going undetected because internet analysts’ time is being taken up dealing with “false reports”, experts warn.
A new IWF portal will, for the first time, give people in Tunisia a safe and anonymous place to report illegal videos and images.
The IWF and NSPCC say tech platforms must do more to protect children online as confirmed sextortion cases soar.
People in Senegal will now be able to report child sexual abuse if they stumble across it online.
The IWF is calling for greater clarity on online harms as MPs warn new online safety legislation needs to be made more robust to help keep children safe online.