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Sexual abuse imagery of primary school children 1,000 per cent worse since lockdown

Sexual abuse imagery of primary school children 1,000 per cent worse since lockdown

IWF warns full effects of lockdown are only now becoming apparent as younger children are groomed into sexual abuse online

27 January 2023 News
White Bullet collaborates with Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) to reduce child sexual exploitation online

White Bullet collaborates with Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) to reduce child sexual exploitation online

IWF and Cyber safety technology company, White Bullet, announce their collaboration to stop the monetisation of child sexual abuse images and videos through digital advertising.

13 December 2022 News
MEP visits Europe’s largest Hotline on mission to prevent ‘scourge’ of online child sexual abuse imagery

MEP visits Europe’s largest Hotline on mission to prevent ‘scourge’ of online child sexual abuse imagery

MEP Javier Zarzalejos has visited the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) on a fact-finding mission for the European Parliament.

7 December 2022 News
Samantha Morton delivers heart-felt speech on child sexual abuse at Internet Watch Foundation event

Samantha Morton delivers heart-felt speech on child sexual abuse at Internet Watch Foundation event

Hollywood actor Samantha Morton spoke movingly at an event for the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) on Tuesday night (December 6), where she called on the Government to take steps to better protect children online.

7 December 2022 News
IWF joins leading policing researchers to tackle online grooming and sexual imagery of children

IWF joins leading policing researchers to tackle online grooming and sexual imagery of children

The findings will be ‘invaluable’ in turning the tide on the threat children are facing from online predators.

7 December 2022 News
More than one in 10 British young people exposed to online child sexual abuse

More than one in 10 British young people exposed to online child sexual abuse

Polling shows 6% of the entire adult population of Britain has been exposed to images or videos of children suffering sexual abuse.

5 December 2022 News
Public warned as ‘disturbing’ new trend risks exposure to child sexual abuse material online

Public warned as ‘disturbing’ new trend risks exposure to child sexual abuse material online

The number of related public reports has soared since the IWF first began tracking the rapidly growing phenomenon in July.

28 November 2022 News
IWF welcomes return of long delayed Online Safety Bill

IWF welcomes return of long delayed Online Safety Bill

Key legislation aimed at preventing online harms will return to Parliament next month following fears it could have been dropped altogether.

24 November 2022 News
‘The EU must live up to its promise to make the internet a safe place for children’

‘The EU must live up to its promise to make the internet a safe place for children’

IWF joins call to focus on effective solutions in fight against child sexual abuse online.

23 November 2022 News
Vital EU regulation needed to prevent the coercion of children online into most severe form of sexual abuse, as highlighted by new IWF study

Vital EU regulation needed to prevent the coercion of children online into most severe form of sexual abuse, as highlighted by new IWF study

MEP calls for a ‘harmonised EU approach' for tackling this horrible crime.

18 November 2022 News
Children coerced to insert household objects into themselves – including a toothbrush and a recorder – for online predators’ pleasure

Children coerced to insert household objects into themselves – including a toothbrush and a recorder – for online predators’ pleasure

Almost 900 instances of the most severe type of child sexual abuse content found in just five days.

15 November 2022 News
Record amount of online child sexual abuse blocked as landmark Bill faces delays

Record amount of online child sexual abuse blocked as landmark Bill faces delays

‘For a while, we led the world with the vision for our online regulation. But now we are falling behind.’

10 November 2022 News