IWF is a steering group member of the European Child Sexual Abuse Legislation Advocacy Group (ECLAG) working to end child sexual abuse both on and offline.
We regularly work with members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords to highlight political issues surrounding child sexual abuse online.
Minister praises work to find and remove images and videos of child sexual abuse from the internet, and says new legislation will aim to tackle the issue.
Social media has enormous potential for good, but we must be “alive” to the potential dangers as more and more people go online.
'The Minister of State for Security, James Brokenshire and the Minister for Safeguarding, Victoria Atkins engaged the Internet Watch Foundation on the threat during the pandemic.'
On April 27, the IWF was in Brussels to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the IWF and to discuss forthcoming EU legislation to tackle Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation.
On May 11, the European Commission announced its new European strategy for laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse.
ECLAG high-level event on March 20 in Brussels will discuss what vital new EU legislation needs in order to be effective.
Impact assessment criticising EU proposal to tackle child sexual abuse material shows ‘gaps in knowledge and understanding of key issues’, IWF warns
The IWF has warned momentum must not be lost in the fight to protect children from predators and abusers online as key legislation suffers a delay in Parliament.