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28 November 2024 UK SIC

IWF’s new tech capability accounts for thousands of additional child victims in criminal content for the first time

The new feature has been added to Intelligrade, a tool used by the IWF to accurately, and in great detail,…

18 November 2024 UK SIC

StopNCII.org Wins UK IT Industry Award for Charity Project of the Year

This recognition celebrates StopNCII.org’s exceptional work in combating non-consensual intimate image (NCII) abuse.

8 November 2024 UK SIC

The Online Safety Act: A Positive Step with Room for Improvement

The UKSIC continues to welcome the Act’s potential however, we continue to see areas where the legislation could do more…

31 October 2024 UK SIC

More people exposed to AI child sexual abuse images and videos on the clear web – warns the Internet Watch Foundation

In the past six months, the Internet Watch Foundation has seen a 6% increase in the number of reports confirmed…

20 September 2024 Beverley Thornton

Teen Accounts Introduced to Instagram

Instagram has introduced ‘Teen Accounts’ to provide more protections for users aged 13 to 15, while also offering parents increased…

2 September 2024 UK SIC

Sextortion cases are on the rise as criminals target younger children, warns the Internet Watch Foundation

Children as young as 11, as well as more girls, are now being targeted in an increasing number of sexual…

31 July 2024 Angela Munoz Aroca

AI-generated imagery of child sexual abuse has progressed at a “frightening” rate, reveals a report update from the IWF

The team at the IWF warned the public last year about the increasing realism of AI-generated images depicting child sexual…

1 July 2024 UK SIC

UK Safer Internet Centre manifesto calls for stronger protections from the Government

The UKSIC has put together a five-point plan that we urge the Government to act on in the protection of…

17 June 2024 UK SIC

UKSIC Director David Wright Awarded CBE

SWGfL CEO and UK Safer Internet Centre Director David Wright has been awarded a Commander of the Order of the…

28 May 2024 UK SIC

2024 Appropriate filtering and monitoring definitions published

The UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC) has published its ‘appropriate’ filtering and monitoring definitions for 2024

30 April 2024 UK SIC

IWF declares most extreme year on record at #BehindTheScreens Annual Report launch

The Internet Watch Foundation, found more child sexual abuse imagery in 2023 than any previous year.

30 April 2024 UK SIC

Ofcom Data Reveals 1 in 3 Children Aged 5 -7 Use Social Media Unsupervised

The latest research from Ofcom has revealed the current online landscape of children and young people using technology.