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Sextortion report of boys increase as IWF announces record amount of cases
The Internet Watch Foundation has reported a heartbreaking eightfold increase in the number of sextortion cases.
How offenders abuse privacy apps – latest podcast episode from the IWF
Predators are using end-to-end encrypted messaging apps to contact children and distribute criminal material, warns new research.
IWF Hotline removes record amount of child sexual abuse depicting under 10s
Younger children are increasingly being groomed and coerced by predators into performing sexually online, warns the global hotline IWF.
Children must understand risk as UK schools say pupils abusing AI to make sexual imagery of other children
Initial reports show schoolchildren in the UK are now using AI to generate indecent images of other children, with experts…
Global collaboration needed as thousands of AI-generated child sexual abuse images emerge depicting the worst kinds of abuse
The IWF has published its latest report on the proliferation of AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery, following a month-long investigation.
IWF analysts report rise in sexual extortion cases of boys
IWF experts have reported a steep increase in reports of children being blackmailed to share sexual images of themselves by…
Tech breakthrough helps IWF analysts assess criminal imagery in seconds
A new clustering technology is helping IWF analysts to assess multiple child sexual abuse images in seconds.
New release! IWF launches podcast on the effects end-to-end encryption could have in the fight against child sexual abuse imagery
The introduction of end-to-end encryption to messaging apps could increase the amount of child sexual abuse images and videos circulating…
IWF Annual Report launch video
In 2022, the IWF took action to remove a record-breaking 255,588 websites containing child sexual abuse material.
The most severe Category A online child sexual abuse doubles in two years, new IWF data shows
In 2022, the IWF found 51,369 webpages containing the most severe kinds of abuse, up from 25,050 pages in 2020.
IWF works alongside Ukraine to help stop spread of child sexual abuse material
The IWF has relaunched a special Ukrainian language portal to help fight online child sexual abuse imagery.
1,000 per cent increase in sexual abuse imagery of 7-10s since lockdown
Primary school children aged 7-10 years old are increasingly being groomed to perform sexually online by predators warns the IWF.