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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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
“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…
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.…
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…
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.