The internet is “magnifying” risks of sexual abuse for children and causing “incalculable” harm to victims, a major new report has warned.
People trying to view sexual images of children online will trigger a first-of-its-kind chatbot, which has launched to help potential offenders stop their behaviour.
Safety tech organisation VerifyMy has joined the Internet Watch Foundation as a new Member, helping to keep the internet free from illegal child sexual abuse content.
IWF CEO calls it a social and digital emergency requiring a sustained national prevention effort.
A new report by an independent think tank looks at what can be done by police and government to help “turn the tide of online child sexual abuse”.
Niantic, a world leader in augmented reality mobile games, joins the IWF community of Members.
13 organisations launch campaign to stop the spread of child sexual abuse material online
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) supports an amendment to the Online Safety Bill which will demand the development of new technologies to better detect child sexual abuse material online.
Germany is being urged to support tougher European proposals to target and eliminate child sexual abuse on the internet.
The ‘shocking’ images of children can involve penetrative sexual activity, sexual activity with an animal, and sadism.
