The UK Alliance Tackling Online CSEA (UK ATOC), made up of the IWF, NSPCC, Save the Children, the Lucy Faithfull Foundation, the UK Safer Internet Centre, Childnet, the Marie Collins Foundation, SWGfL and the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse, has responded to the UK Government's announcement of a social media ban for under-16s. While the alliance welcomes the Government's recognition that a ban alone cannot tackle the full scale of online harm to children, it sets out why lasting protection depends on a wider, system-wide approach, including stronger safeguards for encrypted environments, safety-by-design requirements for online services, and a strengthened Online Safety Act. The response includes a detailed table mapping how different interventions, from the social media ban to nudity detection and CSAM blocking technologies, contribute to tackling specific online harms such as grooming, sexual extortion and image-based abuse.
Read our official response to the UK's national consultation on child online safety. Explore IWF policy recommendations on end-to-end encryption, AI & tech.
IWF's response the Home Affairs Select Committee report which finding that Police Forces are not adequately equipped to handle high volumes of digital evidence.
IWF's response to the Home Office's consultation on Policing in the 21st Century: Reconnecting police and the people.
IWF's response to Ofcom’s consultation on “Traffic management and ‘net neutrality’”.
The Internet Watch Foundation's response to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Communications’ inquiry on internet traffic.
Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) - response to the Byron Review
IWF response to the consultation on government paper on their plans to criminalise the possession of non-photographic images of child sexual abuse.
IWF's work in UK policy. Includes Recent Policy Briefs and Consultations.
Immediate warnings to your UK organisation about child sexual abuse images and videos being hosted on your network or platform.
Digital Minister Matt Warman paid tribute to the event which took place on Tuesday.