Child protection analysts have seen a significant rise in reports from children accessing the world-leading Report Remove service run by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and the NSPCC’s Childline service.
Ms Smith, who is currently CEO at Human Rights charity, the Helen Bamber Foundation, takes over from Interim CEO Derek Ray-Hill, and will be in post in June.
The Security Institute has named the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) as its charity partner for the year after the child protection group presented at its annual conference in October 2024.
The collaboration will grant the social media platform access to IWF’s world-leading tools and datasets for finding, blocking and removing sexual abuse content of children online.
By Hannah Swirsky, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at IWF
Tighter rules come as IWF warns AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery reports have quadrupled in a year.
This partnership will bolster Hive’s capability to help its customers detect and mitigate CSAM on their platforms through a single, integrated API.
Fears ‘blatant get-out clause’ in safety rules may undermine efforts to crack down on criminal imagery.
Even the smallest platforms can help prevent child abuse imagery online.
Internet Watch Foundation Interim CEO Derek Ray-Hill writes on why we are working with Telegram to tackle child sexual abuse material online.
