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  1. 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.

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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.

  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. Talk Trust Empower

    Research report by PIER at Anglia Ruskin University, providing insight into girls and their parents' understanding of self-generated CSAM.

  8. 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.

  9. TALK and Gurls Out Loud 'self-generated' child sexual abuse prevention campaign

    Our #HomeTruths (TALK) and Gurls Out Loud 'self-generated' child sexual abuse prevention campaign.

  10. Don’t delay talking to girls about keeping safe online, parents urged

    New report identifies honest communication as pivotal in battle to stop ‘self-generated’ child sexual abuse material.

  11. Under 10s groomed online ‘like never before’ as hotline discovers record amount of child sexual abuse

    Alarming increase in online grooming and child sexual abuse imagery, particularly among under 10s, in 2023 as reported by the IWF.

  12. IWF sounds alarm for young people and parents as sharing of nudes becomes ‘normalised’ in UK schools

    A new national campaign features suggestive images of fruit, while radio ads feature Cunk on Earth star Diane Morgan.