Volume of material children are coerced or groomed into creating prompts renewed attack on end-to-end encryption.
Every time someone in the UK searched for child abuse material on Pornhub, a chatbot appeared and told them how to get help.
Criminals are tricking young people into sending intimate images, then demanding money. Experts explain how to deal with these attacks.
CSAM hosting around the world rose 64 percent last year, and a surge in the United States put it second behind the Netherlands, a new report found.
Internet Watch Foundation says amount of material showing most extreme form of sexual abuse has doubled since 2020
Images of children aged as young as seven being abused online have risen by almost two thirds while the number of webpages found to contain the most extreme material has doubled in recent years, according to a report.
An internet sex predator has been jailed after grooming victims to abuse themselves, siblings and children, and selling “box sets” of abuse, as the IWF warns footage of his victims’ sexual abuse is still circulating in “dark corners” of the internet.
The IWF is urging parents and carers to spot the dangers as a new Government-backed campaign aims to boost child safety.
The IWF welcomed the new Bill, but said there needs to be greater clarity in how the Bill will be implemented.
Not all Encryption is the same: social media is not ready for End-to-End Encryption. IWF CTO Dan Sexton explains the differences in the technology behind the debate.
Internet Watch Foundation says illegal AI-made content is becoming more prevalent on open web with high level of sophistication.
Messaging app Telegram will deploy new tools to prevent the spread of images of child sexual abuse after teaming up with the Internet Watch Foundation.