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Celebrating the people that make IWF great

Celebrating the people that make IWF great

By Heidi Kempster, IWF Chief Operating Officer

4 July 2019 Blog
Help the IWF tackle child sexual abuse online at our second Online Child Safety Hackathon

Help the IWF tackle child sexual abuse online at our second Online Child Safety Hackathon

The Hackathon is a one-day event in London and it is aimed to find “tech for good” solutions to help victims of online child sexual abuse worldwide

21 June 2019 News
Exposing child victims: The catastrophic impact of DNS-over-HTTPs

Exposing child victims: The catastrophic impact of DNS-over-HTTPs

By Fred Langford, IWF Deputy CEO and CTO

10 June 2019 Blog
Internet charity work recognised as ‘exceptional’ with prestigious award

Internet charity work recognised as ‘exceptional’ with prestigious award

The Internet Watch Foundation honoured for its child protection in cyberspace

6 June 2019 News
Our participation at the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse

Our participation at the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse

By Susie Hargreaves OBE

4 June 2019 Blog
Who Guards the Guardians?

Who Guards the Guardians?

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week, a time for reaching out to the many people who find themselves prey to sadness, grief, depression, anxiety or vulnerability – feelings that cause so many of us to crash and burn under the pressure of modern life.

15 May 2019 Blog
Olivia’s story

Olivia’s story

A survivor's story, told by an IWF analyst

24 April 2019 News
IWF launches 'Once Upon a Year' and vows to tackle the demand for images of child rape

IWF launches 'Once Upon a Year' and vows to tackle the demand for images of child rape

The Internet Watch Foundation’s (IWF) ‘Once Upon a Year’ features a true story about a child called Olivia whose rape and sexual torture is seen daily online. The charity also announces its ambition to stop the demand for child sexual abuse images

23 April 2019 News
IWF responds to Online Harms White Paper: Let’s do the right thing online for victims of child sexual abuse

IWF responds to Online Harms White Paper: Let’s do the right thing online for victims of child sexual abuse

The IWF, as part of the UK Safer Internet Centre, believes that this is an opportunity to demonstrate and to build on Britain’s already world-leading approach in tackling the spread of child sexual abuse images and videos online.

8 April 2019 Statement
Fighting popular misconceptions about criminal content online

Fighting popular misconceptions about criminal content online

Over three-quarters of men (and 36% of women) in the UK watch porn online,* and some of them may accidentally see upsetting content online.

12 March 2019 Blog
Statement: On the ‘Regulating in a digital world’ report by the Select Committee on Communications of the House of Lords

Statement: On the ‘Regulating in a digital world’ report by the Select Committee on Communications of the House of Lords

he Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) welcomes today’s report from the House of Lords’ Communications Committee and the 10 principles it recommends to help shape the digital world of the future.

11 March 2019 Statement
UK Safer Internet Centre public report released

UK Safer Internet Centre public report released

As the UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC) embarks on its fifth phase of co-funding from the European Commission we look back at the achievements of the partnership over the last two and a half years in our public report.

5 March 2019 News