This #GlobalDayOfParents we want to highlight the crucial role that families, parents and caregivers have in children and young people's lives. Help us spread the word and share our expert TALK checklist with more parents and carers to help families keep their children safer online. #TopTips #OnlineSafety
Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)
Non-profit Organizations
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire 12,008 followers
Leading tech charity working globally to eliminate child sexual abuse images & videos from the internet.
About us
Protecting children is at the heart of everything we do. For over 25 years, since the early days of the internet, our job has been to help child victims of sexual abuse by hunting down and removing any online record of the abuse. How we do this Tech-for-good.We build cutting-edge tech tools designed to make it easier to identify and remove online images and videos of child sexual abuse. In short, tech to protect kids. Our team of human analysts. Tech companies and law enforcement worldwide trust the assessments, experience and knowledge of our extraordinary team of people. Working together. With international partners in government, law enforcement, reporting hotlines, charities and the tech community we work to stop illegal images of children being circulated again and again. We share vital information that could lead to the rescue of a child from terrible abuse. IWF Hotline. This gives people a safe and anonymous place to report suspected online images and videos. When we started in 1996, 18 per cent of child sexual abuse imagery online was hosted in the UK. Today, thanks to our Hotline, it’s less than one per cent. We’re proud of that.
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https://www.iwf.org.uk/
External link for Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)
- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1996
- Specialties
- tech, AI, machine learning, child protection, and online protection
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Vision Park, Chivers Way
Histon
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB24 9ZR, GB
Employees at Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)
Updates
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Our CEO Susie Hargreaves OBE will be speaking at Westminster Insight’s Tackling VAWG conference in Manchester on Thursday 27 June, discussing strategies for combatting image-based abuse online, cyberstalking, and online harassment. Register below using speaker discount code SPKR4273 to learn more. #VAWGwm
Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Conference - Westminster Insight
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Research has shown that children are viewing pornography at an increasingly younger age and almost 80% of those surveyed by our colleagues PIER Anglia Ruskin University had viewed violent pornography before the age of 18. 🗣️Talking to our children about healthy relationships can help challenge some of these behaviours and what they are seeing online. These are the #TopTips from our colleagues PIER for helping children stay safe online: https://lnkd.in/dDgjDt8B
Tips for helping children stay safe online.
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"Any child that has a device and access to the internet, unfortunately, has the potential to be abused," says our Hotline Manager Tamsin McNally to Cathy Newman for Channel 4 News. Watch the full piece below.
More children victims of online sexual abuse than ever – as AI opens new battleground
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Our CTO Dan Sexton reflects on the challenges presented by #AI and how crucial it is that we remain agile so that we can adapt and innovate in our #BehindTheScreens Annual Report. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/duPp_B32
The Challenge of AI by Dan Sexton | IWF 2023 Annual Report
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🚪Let's close the door to online child sexual abusers. This campaign aims to empower young people, and warn their parents and carers about the risks posed by online predators targeting children. Learn more on our website: https://lnkd.in/e_EuHKQM
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👏 Happy #ThankingThursday to Pinsent Masons for their support in making the internet a safer place! 🙌From generously providing rooms for the Annual Report launch to fundraising for the Move for a Safer Internet event - here's a big thank you from the entire team! 👏 Want to join the team by supporting the IWF? Here’s what Ellie Ludlam has to say about our partnership - https://lnkd.in/dEGCvpaJ Check out how you can partner up with us and unleash your superhero potential - https://lnkd.in/dwyb9nh3 💪✨ Kate Moss Cara Atkinson
Our Corporate Partnership with Pinsent Masons
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Welcome Alexandra Nightingale to our fundraising hero’s team! You can follow Alexandra's journey and help support the crucial work we do at the IWF. More details below.
🏔️ This time next year, I’ll be getting ready to trek Kilimanjaro and I’m excited to be supporting the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). 🏔️ The IWF plays a crucial role in the fight against child sexual abuse online, tirelessly working to remove illegal content and protect children globally. This cause is incredibly important to me, and I’m honored to be part of this effort. You can follow my journey and support the IWF by donating through the link: https://lnkd.in/ejtSwCHJ. Every contribution, no matter how small, helps in the fight to protect children and make the internet a safer place 🙏🏼 Thank you for your support!
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We found reports of confirmed child sexual abuse involving sextortion grew in the first six months of 2023 by 257% compared with the whole of 2022. Sextortion is a serious issue affecting children and young people. Read more below.
Online ‘sextortion’ guides teaching gangs to blackmail teens by posing as women
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