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Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)
Non-profit Organizations
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire 12,107 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.
- Website
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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
Locations
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Primary
Vision Park, Chivers Way
Histon
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB24 9ZR, GB
Employees at Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)
Updates
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Are you looking for a way to support the fight against online child sexual abuse? 👊 As the biggest hotline in Europe, our work is paving the way toward a safer internet and we're looking for individuals, partners, grant funders & organisations to join us. Find out how you can get involved by visiting our website: www.iwf.org.uk/support-us/.
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Sexting, nudes, or ‘self-generated’ child sexual abuse material has been the subject of research composed by the Policing Institute for the Eastern Region (PIER) on behalf of the IWF. This blog provides a brief overview of what parents, teachers and children told us about these images and what you can do to help to keep your child safe online: https://lnkd.in/dDgjDt8B #Research #ChildProtection
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Welfare is a high priority at the IWF. We’re nothing without the expertise and dedication of our people and looking after them is paramount. You can read about the engine room of IWF, as told by our COO Heidi Kempster, whose teams oversee the smooth running of everything behind the scenes: https://lnkd.in/dh2vEXX4.
Welfare at the Internet Watch Foundation
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🤖 In 2023, we investigated the first reports of child sexual abuse material generated by artificial intelligence #AI.🎙️In episode 7 of our #podcast series, we chat with Thorn's Head of Data Science, Rebecca Portnoff, & our CTO, Dan Sexton, about this emergent technology and its power to harm and to help. Listen at iwf.org.uk/inconversation.
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We know that criminals are often quick to abuse new developments in technology. So, it’s critical we work in partnership with leading tech companies, law enforcement, governments and charities to constantly stay one step ahead. Learn more about our tech-for-good solutions at https://lnkd.in/gd5eZh_x.
Our technology
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In the past year, we’ve seen how the commercial landscape is changing and how viral marketing techniques – pyramid scheme-type sites – are being used to increase the number of people who are exposed to child sexual abuse material. This technique has resulted in thousands of public reports being made to us. Read the case study in our #BehindTheScreens Annual Report: https://lnkd.in/efrmxvGf.
Case Study on Viral Marketing Sites | IWF 2023 Annual Report
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Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) reposted this
As voters head to #EUelections2024, a crucial issue on their minds is the growing amount of #childsexualabuse material online. The next European Parliament needs to act decisively to end the #childsexualabusecrisis - Sabine Saliba, Eurochild Secretary General. Full op-ed on Euractiv: https://lnkd.in/eqVgRWBp
EU leaders have failed to tackle child sexual abuse crisis online
https://www.euractiv.com
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Child sexual abuse online has reached a crisis point. In this op-ed from Sabine Saliba at Eurochild – our partners in #ECLAG – EU’s incoming leaders are urged ‘to act swiftly and decisively’ to tackle the crisis online. In the 2 years since vital laws to protect children were first proposed, EU policymakers have been unable to agree on a solution, leaving millions of children unprotected. Read the piece in Euractiv below 👇 https://lnkd.in/eqVgRWBp. #ChildSexAbuseCrisis #EUelections #ChildSafetyOnline
EU leaders have failed to tackle child sexual abuse crisis online
https://www.euractiv.com
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💭Picture this: You’re running past some of the most iconic sights in central London, being cheered on by thousands of spectators 🏃 What could be better than that? How about raising vital funds to support IWF at the same time!? 🙌 🌟 Sign up to the ASICS 10k to race past Big Ben and Trafalgar Square, and make strides towards a safer internet for everyone https://lnkd.in/dGa8y-yX #IWFFRhero #IWF #RunForCharity