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Internet Watch Foundation

27 January 2023 UK SIC

UKSIC reaffirms importance of youth voice in online safety discussions as worrying data emerges

The UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC) believes worrying new data, provided by partner organisation the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), increases…

20 December 2022 Angela Munoz Aroca

Over one in 10 young people in the UK exposed to criminal child sexual abuse content online

The IWF has commissioned research to help guide their messaging about the reporting function.

7 December 2022 UK SIC

Minister pledges to put politics aside for Online Safety Bill as he calls on platforms to act now at UKSIC partner event

The Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy has dubbed the Online Safety Bill a “cross-party” issue at an event…

29 November 2022 Angela Munoz Aroca

People at higher risk of stumbling across child sexual abuse material online, warn expert analysts at the IWF

The IWF has discovered a disturbing new trend, where criminals are profiting from spamming links to criminal material on social…

21 November 2022 UK SIC

“Disturbing” new data should act as incentive for government to prevent any further delays to the Online Safety Bill

The UK Safer Internet Centre believes “disturbing” new data should act as an incentive for government to prevent any further…

28 October 2022 Angela Munoz Aroca

What it’s like to be on the frontline of the fight against online child sexual abuse?

Protecting children is at the heart of everything the IWF does. The team is looking to onboard two more analysts.…

21 October 2022 UK SIC

UKSIC reaffirms need for robust Online Safety Bill following IICSA report

UK Safer Internet Centre reaffirms need for robust Online Safety Bill following IICSA report into child sexual abuse in England…

28 September 2022 Angela Munoz Aroca

IWF launches ‘It can happen in any home’, the latest podcast episode of Pixels from a Crime Scene

The new podcast episode explores the growing threat of coerced ‘self-generated’ child sexual abuse material.

28 July 2022 Angela Munoz Aroca

New think tank report aimed at ‘turning tide of online child sexual abuse’ draws on IWF data

The Police Foundation has published a new report, focusing on what can be done to “turn the tide” on online…

29 June 2022 Angela Munoz Aroca

A million of the worst child sexual abuse images graded by ‘elite’ taskforce

A million of the worst images of child sexual abuse have been turned into digital fingerprints in an “unprecedented” drive…

27 May 2022 Angela Munoz Aroca

Sexual abuse imagery of girls online at record high following pandemic lockdowns

The IWF releases its 2021 Annual Report with the latest global trends in combatting the distribution of child sexual abuse…

28 February 2022 UK SIC

A day in the life of the IWF’s child abuse image taskforce

The Internet Watch Foundation write about the day in the life of the taskforce who work to remove child sexual…