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  1. Changes to UK Government’s Online Safety Bill welcomed

    The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) supports an amendment to the Online Safety Bill which will demand the development of new technologies to better detect child sexual abuse material online.

  2. ‘Ofcom and Government should not reinvent the wheel’ - IWF stands ready to help regulator stamp out online child sexual abuse material

    The Government must now act on the Committee’s recommendations to make sure this legislation brings in the strong and effective safeguards we need to keep children safe online.

  3. Boost for children’s online safety as Welsh Government becomes first Government to join IWF

    Boost for children’s online safety as Welsh Government becomes first Government to join IWF. Welsh language resources will help children spot the signs of online grooming and abuse.

  4. All IWF Hotline operations resume as new social distancing measures brought in

    Throughout the lockdown period the IWF Hotline has remained operational, but social distancing measures meant some activities had to be scaled back.

  5. Case Study: Reporting portal and takedown notice in Ukraine

    The Ukrainian portal shows the importance of international cooperation with our law enforcement colleagues.

  6. 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.

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

  8. ‘Worst nightmares’ come true as predators are able to make thousands of new AI images of real child victims

    AI-Generated Child Abuse Sexual Imagery Threatens to “Overwhelm” Internet

  9. How online predators use privacy apps. New podcast episode from the IWF

    A new podcast from the IWF focuses on new research from Finnish child protection agency Suojellaan Lapsia which shows how offenders operate and the methods they use.

  10. New tool empowers children and young people to stop spread of nude images online

    Childline and the IWF launch new tool to help young people remove nude images that have been shared online

  11. Campaign launches as new report finds girls at worsening risk of grooming from sexual predators online

    New analysis in the IWF’s annual report shows 11-13 year old girls are increasingly at risk of grooming and coercion at the hands of online predators

  12. Analyst's ‘hunch’ leads to British schoolgirl’s rescue from online child sexual abuse

    An IWF analyst’s instincts told him he could act quickly to intervene after he received an anonymous tip off.