The harm to children is rising, and the victims are getting younger
Children are growing up in online spaces where sexual abuse, humiliation and exploitation are being normalised. The volume keeps climbing, and so does the cruelty. Girls now make up 77% of the victims we see, and reports of sextortion rose by 127% in a single year. We know what works: removing abuse at source, giving young people tools like Report Remove to take back control, and reaching children, parents and educators with prevention before harm is done. What we need now is scale.
Every additional school, platform and community reached is a child protected sooner, and it is partners who open those doors.
Offenders exploit new technology faster than detection can keep up
Offenders are often the first to weaponise new technology. In 2025 we responded to a 260-fold rise in AI-generated abuse videos, more realistic and more extreme than anything before. We want to stay ahead of them, not chase them, and that means building detection faster than they can build new ways to abuse.
IWF's tools give detection that finds and removes abuse faster, and stops known material being re-uploaded across the platforms families use every day. Technology like this only stays ahead through relentless progress, and that momentum is what partners sustain, keeping detection one step ahead of those who would exploit children.
Laws and regulation are not keeping pace
The internet respects no borders, and the rules meant to protect children struggle to keep up. IWF work to change that at its foundations. As an early warning system, we identified the threat of AI-generated abuse years before the wider world, and turned that insight into stronger laws, including a role in shaping the Online Safety Act.
Systemic change on this scale needs weight behind it: credibility, evidence and the right voices together. Partners add that weight, helping build protection into the fabric of the internet so children are safer for every generation online.
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Every project on this page delivers impact for the people at the heart of our mission.
Every image removed, every survivor protected, every offender disrupted starts with a person sitting down to look at content most people will never have to imagine.
They do one of the hardest jobs in the world so that children, families and the wider public never have to see it. Their expertise is irreplaceable. Years of frontline experience is what lets them spot a new offender tactic, recognise an emerging threat, and act in minutes rather than days.
But that expertise only endures if the people are looked after, and that is where your support becomes vital. A resilient, expert workforce is not a nice-to-have at IWF. It is the foundation our entire mission stands on. Funding a gold-standard welfare programme, with mandatory wellbeing support, restricted exposure, counselling and safe working conditions, is what keeps these analysts able to do this work, day after day, year after year.
When you support our people, you protect every child they keep safe. Your investment sustains the workforce, and the irreplaceable knowledge, that enables IWF to deliver for children now and for years to come.
Impactful ESG and CSR stories:
Clear data on the social return of powering IWF's work, with partnership briefings, impact reports and joint case studies ready for annual reporting.
Visibility and recognition:
Opportunities to support national campaigns, create co-branded content, and see the partnership celebrated across IWF's website and social channels.
Access and innovation:
A seat at the table, from roundtable events to collaborative tech-for-good projects, engaging with industry leaders, government and civil society.
Employee engagement and wellbeing:
A way to activate a team's energy and sense of purpose for social impact, with resources, event support and stewardship from the IWF team.
Stewardship and reporting:
Regular impact updates, partner meetings, and invitations to the IWF Annual Report launch, networking events and exclusive roundtables.
An exclusive community:
A place among a unique mix of like-minded organisations shaping safer online ecosystems. There is no other organisation quite like IWF, and no partnership quite like this.
