Leading tech non-profit working globally to eliminate child sexual abuse images & videos from the worldwide internet. Partner in @UK_SIC.
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The IWF are the biggest Hotline in Europe. Globally, we provide a safe space for over 2.6 billion people to report suspected child sexual abuse images and videos online. š
If you stumble across this content, don't ignore it, report it to us at iwf.org.uk/report/ and help us remove this content for good.
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If someone is threatening to share intimate or sexual images of your child, know that immediate help is available.
š¤Support your child - they are never to blame.
āDonāt pay or engage the abuser.
šØReport it to the police.
Access support and guidance by visiting our online resource iwf.org.uk/resources/sextortā¦.
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Stop known child sexual abuse imagery with Image Intercept - our innovative tool specifically designed to help smaller, eligible companies and startups proactively detect and stop known criminal child sexual abuse imagery. Learn more at: iwf.org.uk/our-technology/imā¦.
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Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) retweeted
Weāve been working with eight other leading organisations in responding to the UK Governmentās Growing up in the Online World consultation and have jointly prepared a set of priority recommendations.
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"The UK government is right to take action to protect children online and improving platform safety is something that the IWF has long been calling for.
"While we recognise the urgency to address this issue, age-gating under 16s can only be one part of a response to tackling the severity and scale of online child sexual abuse," says our CEO Kerry Smith in response to today's UK government announcement.
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You can now watch our Annual Data & Insights Report Launch and hear from survivors, analysts and industry experts on the realities behind the data.
š„ Watch the full UK launch event now: iwf.org.uk/news-media/blogs/ā¦
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To support young people to remove sexual images or videos of themselves online, we've developed the world-first Report Remove tool, in partnership with @NSPCC's Childline, empowering children to take control of their images.
Learn more and share with your networks: childline.org.uk/remove/.
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Amy was just three years old when we first became aware of imagery showing her abuse. Even after she was rescued and safeguarded, that abuse continued to be shared online.
In one three-month period alone, we assessed and hashed an image of Amy on average three times a day.
Her story is a stark reminder that every image we see depicts a real child, and that every removal matters.
Learn more about Amyās story: iwf.org.uk/about-us/why-we-eā¦.
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IWF Reporting Portals provide people with a dedicated place to report child sexual abuse content.
To date, we have 53 country-specific portals available in 19 languages, providing support to over 2.8 billion people worldwide.
If you ever stumble across child sexual abuse imagery online, be sure to report it to us. Just one report can make a difference.
šØ Make a report or learn more: iwf.org.uk/report/.
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Every day is a good day to run for something that matters!
Online threats to children are growing. The content is getting worse. And it's not going away on its own.
We're working every day to make the internet safer for children - but we can't do it without support!
If you've been thinking about a summer challenge, make it count. Run, walk, cycle or swim for IWF and help protect children online.
Find your next event š
runforcharity.com/charity-evā¦
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"What really struck me is how ideologically aligned parents are on this issue. Where there is polarisation on so many other areas of policy, online safety is a space where parents converge, not diverge," says our Head of Marketing Tom.
Read more at iwf.org.uk/news-media/blogs/ā¦ and find out what parents think about online safety.
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šØ Important resource for professionals working with children and young people.
AI-generated child sexual abuse material is an emerging threat. In 2025, the Internet Watch Foundation observed a significant increase in the number of AI-CSAM reports, both on the clear web and on dark web forums.
š Together with @NCA_UK @CEOPEducation weāve created a guide to support professionals in understanding and responding to AI-CSAM, with practical advice on how to act when itās encountered.
š iwf.org.uk/resources/ai-geneā¦
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Weāve been at the forefront of sounding the alarm around the risks of end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) environments, which remain a high-risk functionality where inadequate safeguards and limited detection foster a safe haven for child sexual abuse offending.
Alongside eight other leading child sexual exploitation and abuse organisations, weāve prepared a list of urgently needed interventions that we believe will have transformational impacts for childrenās safety online ā including for E2EE environments.
Watch more. iwf.org.uk/growinguponline
@NSPCC @savechildrenuk @Lucy_Faithfull_ @UK_SIC @childnet @MCFcharityUK @SWGfL_Official CSA Centre
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Victims of child sexual abuse in England and Wales will be given help to remove online images of their abuse. The Echo project - run by IPPPRI, Protect Children, @ChildRescueCo and us -, will help those who have reported their abuse to the police to identify and remove images of abuse online.
Read more. theguardian.com/uk-news/2026ā¦
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Our Image Hash List is a list of ādigital fingerprintsā of known child sexual abuse imagery that allows our Members to stop it on their networks, platforms, and apps. In the battle to defend child victims of sexual abuse online, the development of this List has been a game-changer.
Could you benefit from this service too? Find out more:iwf.org.uk/our-technology/ouā¦.
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Our CTO Dan Sexton told @itvnews that device-level nudity detection and blocking has the potential to be "one of the most positive uses of technology for children." šŗWatch from 04:22
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(1/2) We back government announcement requiring tech companies to urgently implement nudity detection and blocking on childrenās devices, a pivotal move among a raft of much-needed measures in the battle against child sexual abuse material.
Read more at iwf.org.uk/news-media/news/oā¦
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(2/2) Our CEO, Kerry Smith, said: āOn-device protections are a pivotal part of coordinated, multi-layered approach to safeguarding children online. An alarming amount of child sexual abuse material, which our analysts see every day, is self-generated by children as a result of grooming, coercion or manipulation. We need device-level detection and blocking alongside platform-level protections.
āThat is why we warmly welcome the governmentās announcement and see these protections as playing a powerful role in a whole-system response to the threats children face in digital spaces.ā
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Looking for resources to start important conversations about online safety, consent and image sharing? Think Before You Share provides advice, conversation guides and support for parents and carers helping young people stay safe online.
Learn more: thinkbeforeyoushare.org.
#OnlineSafety #Parenting #ThinkBeforeYouShare
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We're proud to collaborate with a network of dedicated partners across the globe to help create a safer internet for all.
These partnerships support us to stop, disrupt and remove images and videos of child sexual abuse and prevent continued harm to survivors.
If you feel passionately about creating a safer digital landscape and safeguarding children online, join us: iwf.org.uk/support-us/partneā¦.
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We donāt always know if the children we see are rescued from their abuser. This is true of Ana.
Ana is sadly one of many, many children we see every single day. A victim of grooming ā robbed of her right to a carefree childhood.
No child should suffer repeated abuse and victimisation by having the recordings of their abuse shared time and time again.
Our work relies on compassionate and resilient staff members who are highly trained and carefully supported. Read more about their crucial work at iwf.org.uk/about-us/why-we-eā¦.
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