Who we work with
You - the public
We work continuously to increase public awareness of our reporting function so that you know what to do if you accidentally see these types of images.
Our Members
We are a global membership organisation and offer unique services to the internet industry in order to help them make their services safer for their customers and prevent misuse of their systems.
Find out more about our Members.
Our International Reporting Partners
Many countries don’t have a dedicated hotline to take reports on online child sexual abuse images and videos. To help these countries, we offer a Reporting Solution so these countries can offer a reporting facility to their citizens without setting up a dedicated hotline.
Find out more about our International Reporting Portals.
Law enforcement
In order to effectively remove child sexual abuse material from the internet, we work with the police globally to support their efforts to bring offenders to justice.
Find out more about how we work with law enforcement.
Our INHOPE membership
We work with other hotlines around the world through our INHOPE membership.
Read more about our INHOPE membership.
Our international collaboration
As there are no geographical borders on the internet we work internationally with a range of organisations to eliminate child sexual abuse images and videos online.
Find out more about our global collaborations.
Our political engagement
To help raise awareness of our reporting function and our services to industry, we encourage local and national government, as well as international partners, to embrace and promote the mission of the IWF.
The IWF Champions initiative aims to harness further political support for our work.
Read more about our policy work.
How we work with other charities
We work with many other charities across the world to make the internet safer for everyone and to stop the distribution of child sexual abuse images.
Learn more about our work with charities.
We use the term child sexual abuse to reflect the gravity of the images and videos we deal with. Child pornography, child porn and kiddie porn are not acceptable descriptions. A child cannot consent to their own abuse.
The NCA’s National Strategic Assessment of Serious and Organised Crime 2021 estimated there to be between 550,000 and 850,000 people in the UK who pose varying forms of sexual risk to children. We also know that online settings amplify and exacerbate the impact of child sexual abuse. The work that the Internet Watch Foundation undertakes in finding and removing child sexual abuse material is key to raising the bar to offending. IWF works tirelessly to innovate its response, in step with digital developments. The NCA is determined that the UK continues to lead the way in securing the online safety of our most vulnerable citizens, and we are pleased to work alongside IWF to tackle this heinous crime.
