Internet Watch Foundation’s (IWF) CEO, Susie Hargreaves OBE, puts forward a voice of reason by urging politicians and policy makers to take a balanced approach to internet regulation which avoids a “heavy cost to the victims of child sexual abuse”.
Blog by Will Few, Development Manager
UK-based Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) will work with Liberia’s citizens to drive child sexual abuse imagery off the web.
This Tuesday 5 February is Safer Internet Day! Thousands of schools and organisations throughout the UK will come together to promote the safe and positive use of digital technology for children and young people.
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) welcomes today’s report from the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee and the attention it draws to the impact of online harms on children and young people.
More than 100,000 webpages showing the sexual abuse and sexual torture of children have been removed from the internet thanks to the work of the UK’s Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) in 2018 – up by one third on the year before.
The UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC) has received welcome confirmation that its application to the EU Connecting Europe Facility fund has been successful.
Roblox, the popular online entertainment platform for kids and teens has joined the Internet Watch Foundation’s (IWF) battle against online child sexual abuse imagery.
The latest figures to be announced by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) have reported a record-breaking day, in which their world class Analysts confirmed 2,015 reports of online child sexual abuse imagery in a single day.
As child protection experts from across the globe gather this week for the Interfaith Alliance for Safer Communities Forum: Child Dignity Online in Abu Dhabi, the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) calls on the European Commission to reconsider proposed legislation on E-Privacy.
Susie Hargreaves OBE, CEO of the IWF, says: “We are delighted that the Home Office has asked us to provide data to explore how legitimate advertisers are being exploited by offenders, intent on sharing horrific imagery of child sexual abuse online.
