IWF signs open letter applauding LIBE Committee’s report and supports calls for amendments that will more concretely ensure child safety online.
The publication of child sexual abuse material in Germany is currently ten times higher than in 2020.
The IWF welcomes the EU political agreement on the recast Child Sexual Abuse Directive, closing critical gaps around AI-generated abuse material.
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and more than 65 child rights organisations are urgently calling on EU leaders to get vital child sexual abuse legislation ‘back on track’ to making the internet a safer place for children, following a vote by the European Parliament votes that dramatically limits the scope of the regulation.
The letter says the proposal would have powerful implications, not just for Europe but for the world.
IWF joins call to focus on effective solutions in fight against child sexual abuse online.
A unique safety tech tool which uses machine learning in real-time to detect child sexual abuse images and videos is to be developed by a collaboration of EU and UK experts.
The Internet Watch Foundation has heralded a “pivotal moment” in online safety as new laws to help make the internet safer for children are adopted in the UK.
Last month the UK Protection of children’s Codes came into force, requiring online platforms to prevent children from encountering harm online.
New data reveals AI child sexual abuse continues to spread online as criminals create more realistic, and more extreme, imagery.