The Internet Watch Foundation calls on coders to join their Hackathon and help stop child sexual abuse online
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is calling on developers, coders, data experts and designers to attend their Tech for Good Hackathon on February 18.
IWF calls for greater clarity as MPs warn new online safety legislation needs to be made more robust to keep children safe online
A new report published on January 24, by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee, warns that the Online Safety Bill, as it is currently drafted, lacks clear legal definitions and as a result, would fail to prevent the sharing of some of the most “insidious” images of child abuse and violence against women and girls.
Award 'testament to hard work of staff' as IWF campaigns to warn parents and children about online grooming
The Internet Watch Foundation is pleased to be among the winners of the Digital Communication Awards 2021. Its Gurls out Loud campaign, aimed at teenage girls, and the Home Truths campaign, aimed at parents, set out to address the startling increase in reports of self-generated sexual abuse imagery of children.
Tech companies must not encrypt platforms unless guarantees can be made on child safety, MPs warn
MPs say new legislation will be an opportunity to make the internet a safer place for children, but warn that social media companies must be more ‘proactive’ in improving platforms.
Mastercard joins IWF in fight to keep internet safe
A new partnership between the Internet Watch Foundation and financial services giant Mastercard will help improve internet safety at a critical moment.
IWF welcomes Apple’s 'promising' plans to scan devices for child sexual abuse material
The IWF has welcomed Apple’s “promising” plans to scan devices in the US for child sexual abuse material.
New tool empowers children and young people to stop spread of nude images online
A tool that works to help young people get nude images or videos removed from the internet has been launched this week by the NSPCC’s Childline service and the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).
IWF faces busiest year ever
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is on track for its busiest year and is launching a major recruitment drive to help make the internet a safer place.
Internet Watch Foundation launches its #Every5Minutes campaign
Every five minutes, analysts at the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) in Cambridge find and remove an image or video online of a child suffering sexual abuse. Cambridge Network is working with them to beat the harmful side of technology by helping them to develop and harness cutting-edge tools to stop the repeat victimisation of those abused in childhood.
Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week: How IWF analysts make a difference
The Internet Watch Foundation’s (IWF's) Internet Content Analysts do a tough job.
Increased measures to protect vulnerable children online welcomed by the IWF
The UK’s Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is welcoming an increased focus on “enforcing” children’s rights, including measures to help protect them online.
Religious leaders must take ‘moral lead’ to help end online child sexual abuse
The Catholic Church and leaders of other religions must “take a moral lead” to help end online child sexual abuse as leaders prepare to gather in Vatican City.
EU grant for child protection online amid fears for future funding
The UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC) has received welcome confirmation that its application to the EU Connecting Europe Facility fund has been successful.
IWF breaks record for actioning reports in a single day
Cambs charity working with online child sexual abuse imagery records ‘phenomenal achievement’
IWF is a core participant on the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA)
Today, the Cambridge-based Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has been granted Core Participant status on the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse’s (IICSA’s) Internet Investigation, at a preliminary hearing of the inquiry.
UK’s internet guardian ‘sets standard’ for hotlines worldwide
A unique British charity, which hunts down and removes online child sexual abuse images and videos, has won praise for outstanding good practice from a top EU assessor for its global work with law enforcement and the internet industry to remove tens of thousands of horrific images each year.
Child protection must stay top of world agenda, says UK charity
The Cambridge-based Internet Watch Foundation(IWF) Statement on the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Day of General Discussion...
Angola takes vital step to remove child sexual abuse imagery from the internet
Angola has announced a new system for anonymously reporting online child sexual abuse images and videos in partnership with international charity, the Cambridge-based IWF (Internet Watch Foundation).
IWF comments on the Home Secretary Sajid Javid’s speech
The Internet Watch Foundation fully supports Home Secretary Sajid Javid in his warning about the dangers of online child predators and shares his concern about the growing sophistication of these criminals.
India’s online IWF Portal passes milestone of 1000 reports
Indian internet users have taken the message about reporting disturbing imagery of child sexual abuse to heart, after figures from the IWF India Reporting Portal reveal the 1000th report has just been made.
More parents worry about bad language online than about grooming or child sexual exploitation
Seven per cent of those caring for a child under four say they regularly allow the child to use the internet without supervision.
IWF scoops 20th Anniversary ISPA Award
The IWF was nominated alongside the UK Safer Internet Centre for two awards
‘Hidden Heroes’ of the IWF scoop up prestigious award
Cambridge-based charity the Internet Watch Foundation’s Hotline Analysts scooped the Hidden Heroes Award at the Comms Business Awards last week.
UK Government ratifies Lanzarote Convention to tackle child sexual exploitation
Victoria Atkins MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability, will reaffirm the UK Government’s determination to end the sexual exploitation of children around the world by ratifying the Lanzarote Convention.
IWF’s Deputy CEO Fred Langford becomes President of INHOPE
The Internet Watch Foundation’s Deputy CEO Fred Langford has become the next President of INHOPE (International Association of Internet Hotlines), the umbrella organisation uniting a global network of hotlines tackling child sexual abuse imagery online and child sexual exploitation.