Why Our Work with the Adult Sector is Vital
Two years ago, IWF took a conscious and deliberate decision to work with companies which specialise in adult content.
Report suspected online child sexual abuse images or videos here.
Find out why we use the term 'child sexual abuse' and not 'child pornogrpahy'.
Our Think Before You Share campaign aims to help young people understand the harm of sharing explicit images and videos of themselves, and others, and encourage parents and educators to start timely conversations with children and young people.
We encourage you to share our campaign using #ThinkBeforeYouShare and by following, liking and sharing the campaign on our social channels.
Two years ago, IWF took a conscious and deliberate decision to work with companies which specialise in adult content.
There is still nothing to stop criminals sharing child sexual abuse imagery via WhatsApp, even in the wake of the Huw Edwards scandal, the IWF warned.
Younger and younger children are being targeted by online criminals in financially motivated “sextortion” scams, as the IWF urges young people to report offences and get help.
Teams from across the cyber industry will join multinational law firm Pinsent Masons to raise thousands of pounds in a new campaign aimed at helping the IWF’s “vital” mission to keep the internet safe.
IntelliGrade, from the Internet Watch Foundation, is helping companies and law enforcement bodies to fight back against criminals who trade, store and upload images and videos showing the sexual abuse of children.
It is is a powerful new tool that enables our analysts to accurately grade child sexual abuse images and videos, and create hashes (digital fingerprints) that are compatible with child sexual abuse laws and classifications in the UK, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the Interpol Baseline standard.