IWF welcomes online protections as MP says there could be up to 90 online sexual offences against children every day
The Internet Watch Foundation has welcomed moves to help protect children online.
13 February 2020
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New IWF members will help protect children in 'thousands of schools nationwide'
Partnerships between the IWF and businesses will help keep children safe
10 February 2020
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Two new international reporting portals in Zimbabwe and Ukraine will help find and remove child sexual abuse on the internet
The portals, including the IWF's first in Europe, will allow people to report child sexual abuse material to the IWF should they stumble across it online
10 February 2020
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‘Unprecedented collaboration’ will help fight against online child sexual abuse
Sierra Leone’s President Dr. Julius Maada Bio “applauds” the launch, saying it is an “unprecedented collaboration in our preparedness to end internet sexual and other crimes against children.”
30 January 2020
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Jacob Rees-Mogg says Government will take rise of child sexual abuse material online seriously as MP reveals plans to work with IWF on inquiry
Chris Elmore, chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Media, says he will work with the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) on an inquiry into the increase in reports of online child sexual abuse material.
17 January 2020
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The dark side of the selfie: IWF partners with the Marie Collins Foundation in new campaign to call on young men to report self-generated sexual images of under 18s
New data reveals that self-generated imagery now accounts for nearly a third of web pages featuring sexual images of children actioned by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).
15 January 2020
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“We’ve got to get a grip on the epidemic on our open internet” - UK charity deals with record number of reports of online child sexual abuse material
Internet Watch Foundation CEO says a heavy dose of reality is needed over the amount of child sexual abuse content on our open internet as millions of abusive images were found and removed last year.
6 January 2020
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‘Vital’ new reporting portal boosts global fight against online child sexual abuse material
The UK’s Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) worked with the Comorian government to provide a place people can report online child sexual abuse material.
23 December 2019
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IWF welcomes renewed Government commitment to tackling online child sexual abuse material
The Queen used her speech at the state opening of Parliament to reaffirm the Government's commitment to develop legislation to make the internet safer for children and "vulnerable" users.
19 December 2019
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Landmark data sharing agreement to help safeguard victims of sexual abuse imagery
The UK’s Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and the USA’s National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) announce a landmark agreement to better protect children whose sexual abuse images are shared and traded on the internet.
12 December 2019
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Thousands of images and videos of child sexual abuse could be going undetected because of ‘false reports’
The UK’s Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is warning ‘false reports’ to their hotline could mean the suffering of children depicted in thousands of videos and pictures is staying available for longer due to people misusing their reporting hotline.
28 November 2019
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