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Game-changing IWF chatbot to target people trying to access child sexual abuse online
The End Violence Fund has announced the funding grant for the new Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) reThink chatbot which the charity has…
‘Disturbing’ rise in videos of children who have been groomed into filming their own abuse
Videos and images where children have been manipulated into recording their own abuse now make up nearly half of all…
Hundreds of individual victims in videos of “self-generated” child sexual abuse in one week
In one week alone, analysts saw almost 700 individual girls being exploited and coerced into filming their own abuse. This…
Call for a New Taskforce at the IWF
The IWF is looking for six Image Classification Assessors and a Quality Assurance Officer to help them protect children in…
IWF Release New Reporting Portal for Madagascar
For the first time, people in Madagascar will have a safe and anonymous place to report criminal images and videos…
UKSIC partner with ITU to release new Child Online Protection guidelines
UKSIC, along with industry partners SWGfL and IWF have helped to release the new ITU (International Telecommunication Union) Child Online…
IWF launches six international reporting portals for child sexual abuse material during lockdown
The coronavirus pandemic has lent greater urgency to tackling online threats.
Mental Health Awareness Week – Doing one of the most difficult jobs
On Mental Health Awareness Week, IWF raise awareness of the difficult but crucial work their analysts do and how they…
IWF launches a ground-breaking podcast series – Pixels from a Crime Scene
Speaking in the first episode, Chief Constable Simon Bailey QPM, The National Police Chief’s Council lead on child protection, has…
IWF Warning During Coronavirus Outbreak
The Internet Watch Foundation warns that, with schools being forced to shut, there is an increased risk of children being…
IWF launches #Every5Minutes: a campaign against child sexual abuse images online
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), a partner in the UK Safer Internet Centre, launches #Every5Minutes, a campaign developed around the…
IWF sees record number of reports of online child sexual abuse material in 2019
The UK’s Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), a partner in the UK Safer Internet Centre, says a heavy dose of reality…