More sextortion reports have been confirmed in the first six months of 2026 than in the whole of 2025, with boys targeted in 95% of cases. The IWF says there is no time to lose bringing in nudity blocking technology on children’s devices.
IWF backs government move requiring tech companies to urgently implement nudity detection and blocking on children’s devices.
Our intelligent web crawler uses pioneering technology to scan web pages on the internet searching out images and videos showing the sexual abuse of children so our analysts can work to have them removed.
Innovations in detecting and removing child sexual abuse material have been made possible by a grant from Nominet.
Public debate around online child sexual abuse material detection is dominated by myths, misunderstandings, and hypotheticals. The truth is that detection technology is built on established safety and security tools that have been embedded across the digital ecosystem for decades.
The Internet Watch Foundation scooped a top prize at the 2023 National Technology Awards.
Pioneering technology from the Internet Watch Foundation to help the internet community rid the internet of child sexual abuse imagery.
The principles and procedures under which the child sexual abuse content URL list is made available to members and under licence to specific non-members.
IntelliGrade is helping companies and law enforcement bodies to fight back against criminals who trade, store and upload images and videos showing the sexual abuse of children.
Our IntelliGrade process makes it easier for companies and law enforcement bodies to use those hashes to help make the internet a safer place
Technology companies can use our growing list of IntelliGrade hashes to stop the upload, sharing and storage of known child sexual abuse imagery on their platforms.
What you need to know about IntelliGrade, our powerful new tool helping companies and law enforcement bodies to fight back against online child sexual abuse images and videos.