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Hyperslice joins IWF's mission to eradicate online child sexual abuse
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Tech companies must not encrypt platforms unless guarantees can be made on child safety, MPs warn
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IWF urges Apple not to abandon new plans to help keep children safe online
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Award 'testament to hard work of staff' as IWF campaigns to warn parents and children about online grooming
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UK Safer Internet Centre receives £5.1m funding ‘lifeline’ from Nominet to help protect children from online abuse, sexual exploitation, and bullying
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Major telecom provider Globe becomes latest company to join IWF efforts to fight child sexual abuse on the internet
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Mastercard joins IWF in fight to keep internet safe
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New ally in fight against online abuse as Converge ICT joins IWF
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Campaigners push to stop this being ‘the summer of online sexual abuse’ against children
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‘Historic moment’ as Argentina launches its first reporting portal to report images and videos of child sexual abuse
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New tool empowers children and young people to stop spread of nude images online
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IWF welcomes Jurassic Fibre into membership bringing a safer internet experience to communities in the south west
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Tunisia takes ‘major step’ in global fight against online child sexual abuse material
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Portal to call out child sexual abuse material in Kenya ‘could lead to the rescue of a young victim’
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Taskforce will stop millions of the most severe child sexual abuse images and videos being shared online
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‘Appalling’ rise of ‘devious’ criminals tricking children into sexually abusing themselves on camera
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'Staggering' scale of online threat to children revealed as report says 850,000 people in UK could pose sexual risk to children
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Call for renewed funding for UK Safer Internet Centre as new online safety legislation published
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'Government must honour online safety promises' says IWF as Queen makes improving internet safety a national priority
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IWF to work alongside Philippine telecom giant to fight child sexual abuse on the internet
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New EU agreement on voluntary measures to detect and report child sexual abuse online welcomed
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Campaign launches as new report finds girls at worsening risk of grooming from sexual predators online
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Call for experts to help tackle growing threat of ‘self-generated’ online child sexual abuse material
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Call for Guatemalan people to 'denounce' online child sexual abuse as new portal launches
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‘Beyond heart-breaking’ abuse as predators groom children to film siblings and friends
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Iconic photo agency joins IWF to ensure the safety of images in their archive
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New Moroccan portal will play ‘crucial’ role in fighting ‘plague’ of child sexual abuse on the internet
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Kenyan reporting portal to play 'huge role' in improving global internet safety
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The IWF welcomes new Government strategy to tackle child sexual abuse
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‘Grave threat’ to children from predatory internet groomers as online child sexual abuse material soars to record levels
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New Online Harms measures welcomed as IWF insists children's welfare must always come first
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'Eyes of the world very much on Europe' as IWF welcomes progress on child safety measures in Brussels
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Praise for IWF Hotline as Government looks to tackle internet grooming
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Analyst's ‘hunch’ leads to British schoolgirl’s rescue from online child sexual abuse
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IWF has record month as public reports of child sexual abuse surge
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'Game-changing’ chatbot to target people trying to access child sexual abuse online
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IWF Hotline Manager wins Unsung Hero Award for 'profound' contribution to keeping the internet safe
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Government says new online harms legislation is expected to be ready next year
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‘Disturbing’ rise in videos of children who have been groomed into filming their own abuse
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New reporting portal to address ‘critical’ need to keep children safe in Ghana
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‘Vital ally’ joins fight against online child sexual abuse
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Gamer’s 24-hour gaming marathon smashes fundraising target
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Cote d’Ivoire portal is another step in making the internet safer for everyone
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A new partnership between the IWF and cybersecurity giant Avast will help tackle “extremely challenging” issue of online child sexual abuse material
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Call for new Trustee to help IWF protect children in battle for online safety
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Madagascar steps up to tackle ‘intolerable’ online child sexual abuse material
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Safer Internet Centre takes over Secretariat of APPG on Social Media
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‘Definite jump’ as hotline sees 50% increase in public reports of online child sexual abuse during lockdown
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IWF working with Ministers to protect children during coronavirus lockdown
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Government in El Salvador ‘committed to keeping children safe online’ as new portal launches
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New portal ‘key enhancement’ in children’s online safety in Malaysia
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Safe and anonymous way for Senegalese people to report abuse
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Indonesians urged to report online child sexual abuse
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Delays to Online Harms legislation ‘regrettable’ says Government
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IWF calls for further assurance on future funding for 'essential' Safer Internet Day
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New Mongolian portal to protect children online
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IWF supports calls to speed up online harms legislation
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IWF 'leading the fight' as study finds UK is world leader in online safety innovation
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Millions of attempts to access child sexual abuse online during lockdown
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Tech companies and charities unite to keep children in Mali safe online
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IWF works with international partners as Government says there can be ‘no safe space’ for online child sexual abuse
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New ‘weapon’ in fight against online child sexual abuse to help protect children in Haiti
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Twitter and IWF boost international online safety campaign for parents to support child safety during lockdown
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“Zero tolerance” is needed across Europe as figures show it’s a world hub for hosting child sexual abuse material
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‘Significant breakthrough’ as IWF analysts crack code used by predators to share child sexual abuse material online
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Pixels from a Crime Scene: Woman who was sexually abused as a child ‘sickened’ that images of her abuse may still being shared by predators
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Pixels from a Crime Scene: Fears new generation of young British men is driving demand for videos and images of child sexual abuse
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‘Terrifying escalation’ in battle to keep children safe online as new figures reveal 300,000 people in the UK could pose sexual threat to children
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Children may be at greater risk of grooming during coronavirus pandemic as IWF braces for spike in public reports
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‘Virtual’ launch of new Pakistan portal in response to Coronavirus restrictions
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‘Something’s not right!’ Two well-known faces & one creative approach to engage with young people on the sensitive issue of online child sexual abuse
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IWF 'at the heart' of national response to fighting indecent images of children, report says
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IWF welcomes new measures to keep children safe from sexual predators on the internet
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Government investment could fund AI to help in fight against online child sexual abuse material
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Government praises Safer Internet Day and pledges to work with Safer Internet Centre
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IWF welcomes online protections as MP says there could be up to 90 online sexual offences against children every day
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New IWF members will help protect children in 'thousands of schools nationwide'
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Two new international reporting portals in Zimbabwe and Ukraine will help find and remove child sexual abuse on the internet
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‘Unprecedented collaboration’ will help fight against online child sexual abuse
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Jacob Rees-Mogg says Government will take rise of child sexual abuse material online seriously as MP reveals plans to work with IWF on inquiry
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The dark side of the selfie: IWF partners with the Marie Collins Foundation in new campaign to call on young men to report self-generated sexual images of under 18s
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“We’ve got to get a grip on the epidemic on our open internet” - UK charity deals with record number of reports of online child sexual abuse material
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‘Vital’ new reporting portal boosts global fight against online child sexual abuse material
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IWF welcomes renewed Government commitment to tackling online child sexual abuse material
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Landmark data sharing agreement to help safeguard victims of sexual abuse imagery
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Thousands of images and videos of child sexual abuse could be going undetected because of ‘false reports’
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Increased measures to protect vulnerable children online welcomed by the IWF
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IWF warns possessing indecent images of children is ‘always a crime’ after senior Police officer is convicted
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IWF sets sights on tackling online child sexual abuse to mark 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
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LiveMe joins IWF to help improve protection for users
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Religious leaders must take ‘moral lead’ to help end online child sexual abuse
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IWF publishes platform-specific data for child sexual abuse imagery
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MTN partners with Internet Watch Foundation to make the internet a safer place
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TikTok joins the Internet Watch Foundation as a Member
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IWF Deputy CEO Fred Langford awarded an Honorary Doctorate for his child protection work
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#SoSockingSimple wins ISPA best PR campaign
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Help the IWF tackle child sexual abuse online at our second Online Child Safety Hackathon
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Internet charity work recognised as ‘exceptional’ with prestigious award
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Olivia’s story
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IWF launches 'Once Upon a Year' and vows to tackle the demand for images of child rape
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UK Safer Internet Centre public report released
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IWF’s position statement on regulation of the internet: Top CEO warns of consequences of regulation
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Kik steps up as IWF's latest Member
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Liberia marks Safer Internet Day with crackdown on online child sexual abuse images and videos – supported by UK’s IWF
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Record number of images showing children being sexually abused removed by UK internet charity
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EU grant for child protection online amid fears for future funding
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Roblox joins the IWF
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IWF breaks record for actioning reports in a single day
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IWF’s ‘record day’ fuels concern over the European Commission’s E-Privacy Directive
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UK’s internet guardian ‘sets standard’ for hotlines worldwide
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Angola takes vital step to remove child sexual abuse imagery from the internet by launching a public reporting system
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Zambia and IWF take an historic step to remove child sexual abuse imagery from the internet by launching a public reporting system
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Burundi takes vital step to remove child sexual abuse imagery from the internet by launching a public reporting system
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Idaq Networks become IWF’s latest Member
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India’s Online IWF Portal passes milestone of 1000 Reports
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More parents worry about bad language online than about grooming or child sexual exploitation
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IWF scoops 20th Anniversary ISPA Award
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Roll up, roll up! Last chance to join IWF and Banco Santander’s first ever hackathon!
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Young people urged to help tackle online hate
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‘Hidden Heroes’ of the IWF scoop up prestigious award
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Abusive comments are one of the main causes of upset for young people online
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IWF’s Deputy CEO Fred Langford becomes President of INHOPE
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Democratic Republic of Congo takes vital step to remove child sexual abuse imagery from the internet by launching a public reporting system
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Zoom joins the Internet Watch Foundation
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Online safety charity Childnet calls on young people to ‘Connect with respect’ and enter their Film Competition
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‘Hidden Heroes’ of the IWF shortlisted for prestigious award
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Malawi takes vital step to remove online child sexual abuse from the internet by launching a public reporting system
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Our live-streaming report: The case studies
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IWF research on child sex abuse live-streaming reveals 98% of victims are 13 or under
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Public Interest Registry joins the Internet Watch Foundation
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IWF forward planning date
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IWF is named a finalist in ISPA Awards
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IWF global figures show online child sexual abuse imagery up by a third
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Belize launches IWF reporting solution for child sexual abuse imagery online
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IWF CEO announced as a finalist in European CEO Awards
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Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) forward planning date
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40% increase in people seeking charity’s help to stop looking at online sexual images of children
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IWF connects to the Child Abuse Image Database (CAID)
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IWF wins Excellence in Internet Safety Award
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Mozambique takes vital step to remove online child sexual abuse from the internet by launching a public reporting system this Safer Internet Day
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Fight against online child sexual abuse content is being won in the UK, but the global threat remains as big as ever, report says
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IWF Tech Officer wins TechWomen50 award
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Internet Watch Foundation CEO debates at Cambridge Union
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Meet Andrew Puddephatt, the Internet Watch Foundation’s new Chair
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Internet Watch Foundation appoints Andrew Puddephatt as its Independent Chair
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Join Safer Internet Day 2018!
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Global cash injection takes battle to end online child sexual abuse imagery to the next level
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IWF Tech Officer nominated for Tech Women 50 Awards
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Internet Watch Foundation’s ‘Game On’ workshops with Everton FC nominated for three awards
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Tata Communications becomes the first Indian internet service provider to join the Internet Watch Foundation
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Is this the UK’s toughest job?
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The United Republic of Tanzania launches IWF Reporting Portal for online images and videos of child sexual abuse
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IT Systems is latest Member to join IWF
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Internet Watch Foundation wins at Global ICT Excellence Awards
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Bypass Network Services Ltd becomes IWF’s latest Member
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DNSFilter is IWF’s newest Member
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Young men in London least likely in the UK to think child sex abuse imagery is the biggest problem on the internet
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What’s the biggest problem on the internet? Images of child sexual abuse and grooming, say UK young men.
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New social media platform developer Netiqet Labs joins IWF membership
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Netsweeper and the IWF up the Ante Against Child Sexual Abuse Imagery with Microsoft Photo DNA Technology
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Namibia launches IWF reporting portal for online images and videos of child sexual abuse
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Renato Software joins IWF’s fight against child sexual abuse imagery online
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IWF named twice in 2017 Digital Leaders 100 list
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IWF Chief nominated for top award
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Everton backs new Safeguarding Campaign
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The leading German Usenet provider UseNeXT is IWF’s newest Member
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Latest Internet Watch Foundation report shows Europe now hosts 60% of child sexual abuse webpages
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Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) calls on more in the domain industry to do the right thing
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Child sexual abuse content increasingly being ‘masked’ online to hide crimes – latest global data
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Everton FC team up with UK Safer Internet Centre in a first for British football
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Edge IT Ltd is IWF’s latest Member to join
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Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner to learn about the work of the Internet Watch Foundation
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The global leading Usenet access provider Usenet.nl is latest Member to join IWF
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WatchGuard is IWF's newest Member
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A “low-level” image is still a child whose abuse and suffering goes on.
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Local MP joins fight against child sexual abuse
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Brexit and international challenges on agenda for MP visit
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IWF's Tech Officer wins top IT award
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IWF wins award honouring achievements in internet safety
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Donuts Inc. is IWF’s newest Member
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Diladele B. V. joins IWF Membership
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Dutch Usenet Access Provider XS News joins IWF
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IWF Member Treze fights against online and offline bullying
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IWF tech officer nominated for Rising Star of the Year
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IWF scoops top tech gong
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Tech breakthrough announced on the 20th anniversary of IWF’s first child sexual abuse imagery report
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20 years of IWF
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Opendium Ltd joins the IWF
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London Grid for Learning joins the IWF
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IWF is finalist for innovation and product awards
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Christmas Island Domain Administration Limited (cxDA) becomes latest Member of IWF
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C3UK becomes Member of IWF
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2-sec joins IWF
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IWF Chief is awarded an OBE
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IWF awarded European Citizen's Prize
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IWF and UK Overseas Territories take a stand against online child sexual abuse imagery
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Prestigious fellowship awarded to IWF
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IWF shortlisted twice for ISPA Safety Award
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IWF announce record reports of child sexual abuse online
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The Association of Network Managers in Education (ANME) joins IWF
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CYREN is latest company to join Internet Watch Foundation
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Financial Services company Western Union joins Internet Watch Foundation
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NetSupport and Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) partner up against child sexual abuse imagery online
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IWF begins 20th year with safeguarding event in Northern Ireland
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Early IWF figures indicate an increase in online child sexual abuse images taken down
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U.S.-based Social Sentinel and Internet Watch Foundation to accelerate the removal of child sexual abuse material on social media.
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IWF Hash List announcement at Global Summit
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Rightside Registry becomes Internet Watch Foundation’s (IWF) newest Member
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Uganda launches Portal with IWF
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Hash List “could be game-changer” in the global fight against child sexual abuse images online
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‘Friendly WiFi’ in public places celebrates 1st Year Anniversary
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Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) at Child Internet Safety Summit 2015
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Nomad Digital becomes first transport connectivity provider to join Internet Watch Foundation membership
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World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2015
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UNiTE to end violence against girls on Orange Day
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Tesco Mobile Ireland committed to providing responsible mobile broadband services
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New tactics mean 137% increase in identified child sexual abuse imagery
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Quickline joins fight to block child sexual abuse images online
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Join the Fight Against Child Sexual Exploitation for Nationwide Campaign
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Dot London lends its support to the Internet Watch Foundation
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Membership team at BETT 2015
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The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has identified twice as many child sexual abuse webpages this year, compared to last year
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Susie Hargreaves states the IWF is proud to support Global Summit
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Internet Watch Foundation at Global Summit
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Consumer habits influenced by online companies’ morals
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EvolveODM joins the Internet Watch Foundation as its newest Member
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IWF comment following the National Crime Agency (NCA) operational announcement
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Further Protection for Internet Users in Channel Islands
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Epoch Payments Becomes IWF Member
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JT protects customers worldwide
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Record reports for online child sexual abuse charity
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Bitcoins accepted for child sexual abuse imagery
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Safari Mobile join IWF Membership
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A Marathon Challenge for Charity
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Securus Software joins the Internet Watch Foundation to bring cutting-edge safeguarding data
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Biggest Safer Internet Day will reach millions
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Ask.fm becomes 110th member of IWF
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IWF audited on human rights
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Online gaming community generates $90,000
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IWF welcomes progress in the fight against online child sexual abuse content
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jajoza welcomed to Internet Watch Foundation membership
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Virtual Giving for Real World Change
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Record applications for tough jobs
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Mauritius protected by UK child sexual abuse Hotline
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Procera Networks Joins Internet Watch Foundation
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ChildLine and the Internet Watch Foundation form new partnership to help young people remove explicit images online
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Brands protected as Com Laude enters Internet Watch Foundation membership
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Schools Broadband supporting the fight against online child sexual abuse material
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Global network equipment provider Sandvine joins forces with Internet Watch Foundation
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IWF Response to Prime Minister’s Statement
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IWF receives special commendation at 2013 ISPA Awards
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Child sexual abuse charity CEO: it’s time to review, refocus and make a change
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Self-generated image study - final paper published
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IWF recognised for making the internet a safer place
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Impero enhance school protection working with Internet Watch Foundation
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IWF ready to step up the fight against online child sexual abuse content
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£1million donation for child sexual abuse charity
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Surf Logic become record breaking Internet Watch Foundation Member
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Clarification of Internet Watch Foundation role removing criminally obscene adult content
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Statement on access to criminal images
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IWF finalist in 2013 ISPA Awards
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IWF finalist in Nominet Internet Awards 2013
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100,000th milestone for internet charity
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Wifi hotspot users protected as Purple WiFi joins forces with IWF
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New research shows action needed to stop people seeing indecent images of children for the first time
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New study reveals child sexual abuse content as top online concern and potentially 1.5m adults have stumbled upon it
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Check Point Joins Internet Watch Foundation To Combat Criminal Online Content
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IWF supporting the Commonwealth Cybersecurity Forum 2013
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New Partnership To Fight Online Criminal Content Forged
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Brightstar increase customer protection working with Internet Watch Foundation
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Charities join forces for child sexual abuse study
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New IWF members aim to help fight to rid the internet of child sexual abuse images and videos
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New IWF Member aims to 'help find innovative solutions' to the spread of online child sexual abuse material
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IWF analysts finding fifteen times more child sexual abuse content online than they were ten years ago
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Boost for children’s online safety as Welsh Government becomes first Government to join IWF
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Abuse material still circulating in ‘dark corners’ of internet as sex predator jailed
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The IWF partners with the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children to launch portal to report child sexual abuse material
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Three-fold increase of abuse imagery of 7-10-year-olds as IWF detects more child sexual abuse material online than ever before
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New online safety legislation needs to be made more robust MPs warn
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Call for lawmakers to act quickly as new data shows child sexual abuse reports are soaring in wake of pandemic
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Calls for greater clarity as new Online Safety Bill is introduced in the Commons
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IWF partners with MTN, Meta, ICMEC and Child Helpline International on a vital child sexual abuse awareness campaign and launches Africa portal to help prevent the spread of child sexual abuse material online
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Europe remains ‘global hub’ for hosting of online child sexual abuse material
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Sexual abuse imagery of girls online at record high following pandemic lockdowns
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Calls for focus on prevention as Europe still hosting 'horrible numbers' of child sexual abuse sites
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New European proposals show 'welcome determination to front up to criminals' abusing and exploiting children online
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IWF Wins British Data Award 2022
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IWF voices support for European CSAM proposal in open letter to European Union
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IWF’s Dan Sexton explains vital role new European proposal could have in preventing the widespread sexual abuse, rape, and sexual torture of child victims online
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A million of the worst child sexual abuse images graded by ‘elite’ taskforce
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Germany among worst for hosting sexual imagery of children in the EU, IWF warns
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Changes to UK Government’s Online Safety Bill welcomed
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Child Safety Online must be a priority
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Pioneering game developer joins IWF effort to fight child sexual abuse on the internet
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IWF data fuels report aimed at ‘turning tide of online child sexual abuse’
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20,000 reports of coerced ‘self-generated’ sexual abuse imagery seen in first half of 2022 show 7- to 10-year-olds
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IWF’s fight to make internet a safer place for children bolstered by new partner
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Internet Watch Foundation, Stop It Now, and Pornhub launch first of its kind chatbot to prevent child sexual abuse
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Websites offering cryptocurrency payment for child sexual abuse images ‘doubling every year’
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IWF calls on MPs to ‘rise above’ Westminster chaos as IICSA highlights ‘incalculable’ damage from online child sexual abuse
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iQ Global comes on board as new IWF Member
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New partner steps up to help IWF stop the spread of child sex abuse imagery online
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Record amount of online child sexual abuse blocked as landmark Bill faces delays
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Children coerced to insert household objects into themselves – including a toothbrush and a recorder – for online predators’ pleasure
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Vital EU regulation needed to prevent the coercion of children online into most severe form of sexual abuse, as highlighted by new IWF study
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‘The EU must live up to its promise to make the internet a safe place for children’
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IWF welcomes return of long delayed Online Safety Bill
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Public warned as ‘disturbing’ new trend risks exposure to child sexual abuse material online
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More than one in 10 British young people exposed to online child sexual abuse
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IWF joins leading policing researchers to tackle online grooming and sexual imagery of children
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Samantha Morton delivers heart-felt speech on child sexual abuse at Internet Watch Foundation event
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MEP visits Europe’s largest Hotline on mission to prevent ‘scourge’ of online child sexual abuse imagery
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White Bullet collaborates with Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) to reduce child sexual exploitation online
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Sexual abuse imagery of primary school children 1,000 per cent worse since lockdown
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Hotel industry giant unites with IWF to tackle child sexual abuse imagery online
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New EU-funded safety tech will help reduce viewing and demand for child sexual abuse images and videos
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Model of good practice for adult sector to be developed by IWF and MindGeek
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The IWF stands in support of two new campaigns fighting to protect children online
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New Member pledges support to IWF in fight to rid internet of child sexual abuse imagery
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IWF works alongside Ukraine to help stop spread of child sexual abuse material during war
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Global payment platform Segpay partners with the IWF
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IWF joins high-level ECLAG event on how to fight child sexual abuse online effectively
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IWF of ‘prime importance’ in fight against growing threat of online child sexual abuse
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Study ‘risks decades of progress’ in fight against child sexual abuse online
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‘Extreme’ Category A child sexual abuse found online doubles in two years
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EU still hosts the most child sexual abuse material in the world
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Draft report on vital EU proposal to stop child sexual abuse welcomed as ‘strong and balanced’
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Peers warn lack of clarity on IWF role could create ‘vacuum which allows hateful material to proliferate’
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New IWF Member leads the way for VPN providers
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IWF triumphs at national tech awards
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Prime Minister must act on threat of AI as IWF ‘sounds alarm’ on first confirmed AI-generated images of child sexual abuse
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GoFibre joins IWF to address online safety
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Online safeguards ‘never more important’ as ‘shocking’ figures reveal number of adults who pose sexual risk to children
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IWF welcomes award-winning AI firm to its child-protection community
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IWF partners with SS8 to help block access to child sexual abuse imagery
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New clustering tech ‘revolution’ helps analysts assess child sexual abuse imagery in seconds
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IWF welcomes Government commitment to keeping children safe online
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Scottish Government partners with IWF to further enhance children’s safety online
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EU a ‘toxic warehouse’ of child sexual abuse, as lawmakers urged to ‘get a grip’ on spiralling problem
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Hotline reports ‘shocking’ rise in the sextortion of boys
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IWF and EU partners march in Brussels to demand action on vital child sexual abuse regulation
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France fifth worst for hosting child sexual abuse content in EU, as criminals target French servers
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OnlyFans in ‘groundbreaking’ partnership with Internet Watch Foundation
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‘Vital’ child protection work sees top honour for IWF’s Susie Hargreaves
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‘Worst nightmares’ come true as predators are able to make thousands of new AI images of real child victims
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Threat of AI-generated content signals need for ‘new EU child sexual abuse laws to cover unknown imagery’
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'Pivotal moment' as Online Safety Act gains Royal Assent
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EU Parliament deal is an unacceptable compromise on children’s safety online, warns child rights coalition
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AI must be a force for good and not a threat to children
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King says tackling grooming and 'digitally enabled' child sexual abuse priorities for Government
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White House roundtable is 'important moment' in recognising threat of AI child sexual abuse imagery
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Dismay as European Parliament votes to limit scope of child sexual abuse regulation
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Catherine Brown named as new IWF Chair
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New tool allows police around the world to scan for known abuse imagery in 'seconds'
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Discord steps up bid to rid internet of ‘appalling’ child sexual abuse imagery
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IWF ‘outraged’ at Meta decision to prioritise privacy of paedophiles over children’s safety
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Bitly acts to enhance user safety with new IWF partnership
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Don’t delay talking to girls about keeping safe online, parents urged
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Under 10s groomed online ‘like never before’ as hotline discovers record amount of child sexual abuse
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Link management platform Rebrandly joins the IWF
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What did we learn from the US Senate hearing over online harms?
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A sporting twist for a serious cause – working together to stop child sexual abuse online
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“Trailblazing” partnership takes aim at criminals profiting from child sexual abuse online
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Pioneering chatbot reduces searches for illegal sexual images of children
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Teenage boys targeted as hotline sees ‘heartbreaking’ increase in child ‘sextortion’ reports
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Under sixes manipulated into ‘disturbing’ sexual abuse while playing alone online as IWF says regulation can’t wait
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German .de domain ‘ruthlessly’ targeted by criminal gangs profiting from the sale of child sexual abuse images and videos
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Heimdal joins fight against child sexual abuse material online
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IWF declares a record year for online child sexual abuse reports at Annual Report 2023 launch
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Biggest telecoms and digital services company in NZ plays its part in securing a safer internet for all
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Aylo and IWF partnership ‘paves the way’ for adult sites to join war on child sexual abuse online
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Wizz partners with IWF to fight child sexual abuse on the internet
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IWF CEO and Hotline Director win at PIER Excellence in Online Protection Awards
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IWF sounds alarm for young people and parents as sharing of nudes becomes ‘normalised’ in UK schools
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Stability AI joins IWF’s mission to make internet a safer space for children
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AI-generated videos of child sexual abuse a ‘stark vision of the future’
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The horror and the heartbreak - how one child sexual abuse survivor’s torment will never end thanks to AI
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Meta failing to stop spread of child sexual abuse imagery in wake of Huw Edwards scandal
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‘Exponential increase in cruelty’ as sextortion scams hit younger victims
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IWF Appoints Interim CEO
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Pinsent Masons' Move for a Safer Internet 2024
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IWF urges young people to get help as criminals target younger children in ‘sextortion’ scams
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Huw Edwards’ offences highlight how WhatsApp can be abused by predators sharing criminal imagery of children, IWF warns
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Public exposure to ‘chilling’ AI child sexual abuse images and videos increases
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New tech enables thousands of additional child victims to be counted in sexual abuse images for the first time
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A cyber-led sporting challenge reaches new heights: expanding impact in year two
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New ally bolsters IWF mission to stop spread of child sexual abuse imagery online
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Telegram joins IWF in child sexual abuse imagery crackdown
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World-leading Report Remove tool in the spotlight
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MP visits charity on the front line of the fight against child sexual abuse on the internet
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Call for Prime Minister to intervene as IWF uncovers record levels of online child sexual abuse imagery
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Hive partners with IWF to reduce the spread of child sexual abuse imagery online
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New AI child sexual abuse laws announced following IWF campaign
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New partnership strengthens Bluesky’s ability to tackle child sexual abuse imagery
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Security Institute announces partnership with Internet Watch Foundation
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Surge in use of ‘game-changing’ Report Remove service
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IWF appoints Kerry Smith as new CEO
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Online Safety Act: UK Tech Companies must now Tackle Illegal Harms including Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
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Tech Secretary sees ‘heartbreaking’ scale of online abuse on IWF hotline visit as ‘transformational’ online safety rules come into effect
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IWF and Black Forest Labs join forces to combat harmful AI-generated content
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AI giving offenders ‘DIY child sexual abuse’ tool, as dozens of child victims used in AI models, IWF warns MPs
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Peer39 joins with IWF to prevent offenders profiting from the promotion of child sexual abuse content
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Charity raises alarm over surge in level of child sexual abuse imagery hosted in EU
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Teens face ‘crisis’ of online sexual exploitation as charity says major new Government-backed scheme will ‘put rocket boosters’ on Online Safety Act
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New partnership builds connections to prioritise children’s safety online
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Registry steps up to tackle child sexual abuse online in partnership with IWF
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Power partnership boosts fight to stop spread of child sexual abuse imagery online
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Minister praises IWF’s ‘vital’ work as Peers discuss rising threats highlighted in hotline’s annual report
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IWF 2024 Annual Data & Insights Report Launch
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The IWF welcomes clear direction from Government on online safety efforts
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EU countries urged to have ‘courage’ and push for better laws to protect children at IWF’s Annual Report launch in Brussels
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Elliptic joins IWF to prevent the financing of child exploitation through cryptocurrencies and blockchain infrastructure
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IWF joins with partners to transform the global response for victims and survivors of online child sexual abuse
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Professionals working with children given ‘vital guidance’ to tackle threat of AI-generated child sexual abuse material
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EU Parliament leads the way in tackling AI-generated child sexual abuse material
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Full feature-length AI films of child sexual abuse will be ‘inevitable’ as synthetic videos make ‘huge leaps’ in sophistication in a year
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IWF urges for ‘loophole’ to be closed in proposed EU laws criminalising AI child sexual abuse as synthetic videos make ‘huge leaps’ in sophistication
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Smart Axiata partnership will protect millions from exposure to child sexual abuse images and videos
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Blogs
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Pornhub: Data out of context tells us nothing.
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‘It’s a window into the child’s abuse. Thank goodness there is a stop button for us.’ A day in the life of an IWF analyst
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IWF 'heroes' step up to tackle 5K challenge
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New campaign kicks off to boost internet safety in Uganda and Zambia
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‘Cryptoqueen’ journalist Jamie Bartlett tells us about the ‘dark web’
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Behind the Scenes of Pixels from a Crime Scene
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Woman ‘trusted’ online predator who viewed child sexual abuse on her daughter’s computer
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Protecting our analysts’ Mental Health under extraordinary circumstances
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“The time for talking is over, Europe requires firm effective action now.”
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How safeguarding software can help schools protect students – during lockdown and beyond
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'There is a real child in every image, and every image is a crime scene': An analyst's story
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Mental Health Awareness Week – Doing one of the most difficult jobs
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Encryption: ‘We must have equivalency; It’s all about the implementation’
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Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week: How IWF analysts make a difference
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IWF CEO Susie Hargreaves OBE: Why children are so important this Human Rights Day
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IWF celebrates the UNCRC at 30
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IWF CEO, Susie Hargreaves OBE, to meet Pope Francis
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DNS over HTTPS: ‘What does that mean?’
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There is #NoSuchThing as child pornography. There is only child sexual abuse.
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DNS OVER HTTPS: It should not have come this
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This Peace Day help us stop sexual images and videos of children online
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Celebrating the people that make IWF great - Henry: I was able to gather identifying information on a victim by analysing a video that was reported to us
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Celebrating the people that make IWF great – Tess: Telling people that you work in policy is usually met with a slightly glazed look
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Celebrating the people that make IWF great - Rosa: Each day I work as an analyst I question how people are so determined to abuse, coerce and exploit children sexually
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Celebrating the people that make IWF great – John: I made a concerted effort within our remit to have every image and video I found of her online removed
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Celebrating the people that make IWF great - Joe: It’s not something people like to talk about in a social setting
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UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Turns 30
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DNS over HTTPS: Why we’re saying DoH could be catastrophic
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Celebrating the people that make IWF great - Pip: The children we see have been robbed of their right to an innocent childhood – we never forget that
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IWF at European Commission Expert Workshop
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“Our work protecting victims and survivors of child sexual abuse is a vital piece of the puzzle”
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Celebrating the people that make IWF great - Lillian: I still see some of the same images I did 10 years ago
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Celebrating the people that make IWF great
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Exposing child victims: The catastrophic impact of DNS-over-HTTPs
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Our participation at the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
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Who Guards the Guardians?
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Fighting popular misconceptions about criminal content online
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G2 Risk Summit: The financial risks of commercial child sexual abuse content to payments industry
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On Safer Internet Day we come together for a better internet
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The IWF and the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service collaborate on the largest child sexual abuse imagery case the Cayman Islands have ever seen
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Response to Home Affairs Select Committee Report
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IWF joins coalition of charities raising concerns over the European Commission’s E-Privacy Directive
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Public Interest Registry Joins Forces with the IWF to Make the Internet a Safer Place
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Government’s commitment to keeping children safe online and what’s next for their plans for the Internet Safety Strategy
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Inside the first ever IWF Online Child Safety Hackathon
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Help children stay safe online during the summer hols: a guide for parents, grandparents and carers
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IWF at the Lanzarote Committee
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Stay safe online: a guide for parents and children
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From RAF to IWF: The story of an analyst
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The IWF and Santander join forces to host hackathon
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Our response to the European Commission’s consultation on tackling illegal content online
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Cisco report: why the IWF can never completely rely on artificial intelligence
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The IWF’s self-regulatory model is working
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How the IWF helps victims and makes the internet a safer place
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Internet regulation, responsibility and safety: policy, practicalities and the role of providers
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The Government’s Internet Safety Strategy green paper and its impact on IWF
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How Mozambique is turning the tide on child sexual abuse
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Does your brand appear on websites alongside images of child sexual abuse?
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Shorter working days, counselling and table tennis: How the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) takes care of its staff
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We must stop the “horrifying” number of people looking at child sexual abuse material by removing it from the internet
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Teamwork!
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Online crime – a lucrative business
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So you think B2B Internet Service Providers don’t need the URL List…
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Behind the scenes of IWF membership
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Tech savvy vs tech safe: Sexual abuse in football and how we’re part of the change
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Protecting all of India’s online citizens is only one step away
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Sharing goals globally
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We don’t buy-in data. We’re the source.
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Working internationally & fighting self-generated content
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IWF’s role in using technology to create a safer global internet
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No more excuses.
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Guest blog: How the Internet Watch Foundation helps make the Internet a safer place
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Guest blog: Working internationally to make the internet a safer place
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Guest blog: Facing global safeguarding challenges and finding solutions
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Working with online payments services – finding ways of stopping commercial child sexual abuse imagery
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Guest blog: Netsweeper’s partnership with the IWF
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Guest blog: The importance of knowing what your students are talking about
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Keeping Children Safe In Education - a look to the future
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Responsible technology companies tackle child sexual abuse images
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Partners in prevention - two days at IWF
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My experience working on the UK Overseas Territories project
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Our 2015 Annual Report
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BBC Three’s mini documentary uncovers what it’s like to work as an IWF analyst
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Promoting the IWF in South Korea
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Arriving at the #WePROTECT summit and IWF Reporting Portals
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IWF welcomes new Barnardo’s and Marie Collins Foundation report
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Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) comment on Lucy Faithfull Foundation campaign launch
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IWF hosts Italian Hotline to share best practice thanks to INHOPE programme
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WePROTECT Industry Event 2015 highlights importance of partnerships
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Latest technology combating child sexual abuse images online a “game-changer"
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Two years on from Prime Minister’s ‘crackdown’ speech
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Women Parliamentarians Conference in Gibraltar
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It takes just one call from the public...
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‘Ofcom and Government should not reinvent the wheel’ - IWF stands ready to help regulator stamp out online child sexual abuse material
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Abuse material would cause 'untold damage', staying online for many years if it wasn’t for the IWF, Peer warns
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A day in the life of the IWF’s child abuse image taskforce
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Not all Encryption is the same: social media is not ready for End-to-End Encryption
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IWF calls for changes to Bill to ensure it does not disrupt current mechanisms for stopping child sexual abuse on the internet
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Encryption Vs. Privacy: In Conversation with Professor Hany Farid
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3 Ways you can help to protect children online
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New episode of Pixels from a Crime Scene Podcast
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A day in the life of Tamsin, our Hotline Manager
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Susie Hargreaves: ‘IICSA should change the way we talk about child sexual abuse forever’
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IWF calls on coders to join their Hackathon and help stop child sexual abuse online
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IMCO’s draft opinion weakens online child protection in the European Union
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IWF 2022 Annual Report Launch Video
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What next for online safety laws? A podcast episode from the IWF
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Safeguarding the unsung heroes: Fostering staff welfare across the organisation
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AI – the power to harm and to help. New podcast episode from the IWF
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How online predators use privacy apps. New podcast episode from the IWF
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Tips for helping children stay safe online
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Local organisation, local impact: Qualcomm Foundation supports the fight against child sexual abuse online in Cambridge
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IWF and RM celebrate 20th anniversary of partnership
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The IWF relies on strong partnerships with the tech industry
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New pilot shows way for smaller platforms to play big part in online safety
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Global leaders and AI developers can act now to prioritise child safety
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UK teen’s sex abuse imagery identified thanks to IWF analysts’ pioneering work with policing database
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Parliamentarians join the IWF to tackle online child sexual abuse material
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Internet Watch Foundation seeks ‘resilient’ candidates for unique leadership role
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Child sexual abuse material vs ‘child porn’: why language matters
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IWF working with the adult sector is vital if we’re serious about tackling child sexual abuse imagery online
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Statements
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IWF in the News
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Analysts find 15 times as much child sexual abuse material on web as a decade ago
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New tool to help children prevent nude images from being shared on internet
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The net is closing on child sexual abuse images
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A New System Is Helping Crack Down on Child Sex Abuse Images
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'These images are a crime scene … it's massive for us to find the child'
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How sick predators are forcing kids into recording their own sex abuse videos while their parents sit downstairs unaware
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'It’s an arms race’: the tech teams trying to outpace paedophiles online
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Child abuse: Warning of siblings being groomed online
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Children as young as three are being tricked into vile sex abuse with their brothers and sisters by online predators
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Omegle: 'I'm being used as sex-baiting bot' on video chat site
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More young girls coerced into filming own sexual abuse, experts warn
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New tool for under-18s to report nude photos of themselves online
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UK children get tool to help stop nude images being shared online
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Online child protection tool helps under-18s report nude photos of themselves
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New ‘Report Remove’ tool first of its kind helping children prevent nude images from being shared online
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How can i best talk to my daughter about online predators?
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Should encryption be curbed to combat child abuse?
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Millions of child abuse images to be wiped from internet by Cambs taskforce
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Australia urged to take control of Cocos .cc internet domain to foil scammers and child abuse sites
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Researchers have finally cracked the secret paedophile code
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Girls aged 11-13 ‘more at risk of online grooming than ever before’
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Supervise 7-to-10 year-olds online to protect against predators, warn child safety experts
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How the Internet Watch Foundation uses tech to tackle child abuse images online
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Child abuse: Could tech devices be exposing children to grooming?
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New data shows online child sexual abuse material rising
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The US now hosts more child sexual abuse material online than any other country
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The US Saw a Spike in Child Sexual Abuse URLs in 2021
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Digital fingerprints of a million child abuse images made
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Online child sexual abuse at record high levels - with some exploited within minutes
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1 million of the worst child sexual abuse images graded by ‘elite’ taskforce
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Germany is a stronghold of child sexual abuse material
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Apple should scan iPhones for child abuse images, says scanning technology inventor
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IWF CEO, Susie Hargreaves OBE, on Times Radio
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Disturbing rise in children between seven and 10 filming their own sexual abuse
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The shocking transcripts that reveal how groomers sexually abuse children in their own rooms
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This Chatbot Aims to Steer People Away From Child Abuse Material
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One in five child abuse images found online last year were category A – report
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Webpages containing the most extreme child abuse have doubled since 2020
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Charity wants AI summit to address child sexual abuse imagery
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AI image generators giving rise to child sex abuse material - BBC Newsnight
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AI advances could lead to more child sexual abuse videos, watchdog warns
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More AI-generated child sex abuse material is being posted online
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AI being used to generate deepfake child sex abuse images based on real victims, report finds
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Three-year-olds groomed online, charity warns
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Online child sex abuse material, boosted by AI, is outpacing Big Tech's regulation
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More children victims of online sexual abuse than ever – as AI opens new battleground
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How the sending of one photo led an 11-year-old girl to become a victim of physical sex abuse
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'He stole my child': Children as young as three manipulated into creating sexual imagery
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2023 Was ‘Most Extreme Year On Record’ For Child Sex Abuse Online, Charity Warns
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AI-generated images of child sexual abuse uses real victims as reference material
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'Deeply disturbing': Children being tricked into sharing explicit images as 'sextortion' cases soar
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MEPs must support child sexual abuse legislation as criminals target Europe
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Paedophiles are using AI to ‘de-age’ female film stars into kids
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IWF warning over use of AI-generated abuse images
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AI-created child sexual abuse images ‘threaten to overwhelm internet’
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Child sexual abuse: Self-generated imagery found in over 90% of removed webpages
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More than 90% of child sexual abuse images on internet are 'self-generated'
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A Pornhub Chatbot Stopped Millions From Searching for Child Abuse Videos
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Children warned about sharing explicit images
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Telegram ignored outreach from child safety watchdogs before CEO's arrest, groups say
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How can children be protected from online sextortion fraud?
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Telegram plans child abuse crackdown following Pavel Durov’s arrest in Paris
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Telegram U-turns and joins child safety scheme
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AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery reaching ‘tipping point’, says watchdog
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Paedophile Hugh Nelson who made AI child abuse images from real pictures sent to him jailed for 18 years in 'deeply horrifying' landmark case
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How AI is worsening the dark world of child sex abuse imagery
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West African gangs who blackmail teenagers over nude images could be extradited to UK
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AI tools have put child sexual abuse ‘on steroids’, Home Secretary warns
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Charity finds more than 500,000 child abuse victims
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UK makes use of AI tools to create child abuse material a crime
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