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  1. 'Staggering' scale of online threat to children revealed as report says 850,000 people in UK could pose sexual risk to children

    The National Crime Agency estimates there to be between 550,000 and 850,000 people in the UK who pose varying forms of sexual risk to children.

  2. “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

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. IWF research on child sex abuse live-streaming reveals 98% of victims are 13 or under

  6. Fight against online child sexual abuse content is being won in the UK, but the global threat remains as big as ever, report says

  7. Model of good practice for adult sector to be developed by IWF and MindGeek

    A "pioneering" new partnership between the Internet Watch Foundation and MindGeek will offer a blueprint for how the adult industry can help in the fight against child sexual abuse material online.

  8. New pilot shows way for smaller platforms to play big part in online safety

    New pilot shows way for smaller platforms to play big part in online safety.

  9. Case study: Multi-institutional portal project in Tunisia

    The IWF Reporting Portal in Tunisia shows the importance of working with multiple partners to efficiently fight against child sexual abuse material.

  10. Case Study: the Moroccan portal launched in record time

    The Morocco Reporting Portal launched on Safer Internet Day 2021 (9 February), celebrating the international efforts and best practice to make the internet safer for all, and especially for children.

  11. 20,000 reports of coerced ‘self-generated’ sexual abuse imagery seen in first half of 2022 show 7- to 10-year-olds

    New data released by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) shows almost 20,000 webpages of child sexual abuse imagery in the first half of 2022 included ‘self-generated’ content of 7- to 10-year-old children.

  12. Category A child sexual abuse material of a ‘self-generated’ nature – an IWF snapshot study

    An IWF research study on Category A child sexual abuse images and videos which fit the ‘self-generated’ definition.