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Internet Watch Foundation

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…

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…

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.

22 March 2024 UK SIC

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.

15 March 2024 UK SIC

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.

29 February 2024 UK SIC

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.

27 November 2023 UK SIC

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…

30 October 2023 Angela Munoz Aroca

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.

29 September 2023 UK SIC

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…

31 August 2023 UK SIC

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.

30 June 2023 UK SIC

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…