The Home Affairs Select Committee heard that the UK Safer Internet Centre requires funding to provide vital services at what is a particularly important time with children spending increasing amounts of time online through the current Covid-19 pandemic
‘Children must be protected, and this new portal could make all the difference’
The IWF has joined calls for a full response to the White Paper consultation to be made as soon as possible
An independent study, Safer technology, safer users: The UK as a world leader in Safety Tech, has found there has been “significant growth” within the UK’s safety tech sector
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and its partners blocked at least 8.8 million attempts by UK internet users to access videos and images of children suffering sexual abuse during lockdown
The IWF has partnered with Facebook, Peace One Day, and the Government of Mali to keep children in Mali safe online.
In 2019, almost nine in 10 (89%) known URLs containing child sexual abuse material were hosted in Europe
‘Wherever criminals seek to make children victims, and wherever children risk being harmed by the proliferation of this evil material, people must come together to fight it. That is exactly what has happened here in Haiti’
The series of videos was created in collaboration with five governments, six companies and numerous NGOs within a two-week period.
There are calls to make Europe a no-go zone for online sexual predators as new figures reveal that 9 in 10 webpages identified by the IWF showing videos and images of children suffering sexual abuse, rape, and torture are hosted on servers in Europe.
