A former IWF analyst reflects on a 17-year career as the charity recruits for new team members who are ‘courageous and kind’.

2026 has been a defining year for online safety in the UK. It has been a year marked by a wave of government announcements and tech controversies, including the emergence of AI-generated sexually ...

Young people navigate a digital world where sharing content and talking to strangers online can feel normal. But those everyday online behaviours can carry serious risks, contributing to a continued ...

There are real worries that Artificial Intelligence is making it easier to create images of child sexual abuse.

IWF meldt maandag dat er tussen januari en juni al meer door AI gemaakte beelden van seksueel kindermisbruik opdoken dan in het hele jaar 2025.

Real victims’ imagery used in highly realistic ‘deepfake’ AI-generated films First fully synthetic child sexual abuse videos identified Offenders share AI models for more than 100 child sexual abuse ...

New aid created by the NCA and IWF raises awareness of the risks to children caused by the ‘weaponised’ technology. A new guide warning about the ‘disturbing’ rise in the abuse of AI to create nude ...

New Crypto Unit formed as experts use every tool at their disposal to stop the distribution and sale of child sexual abuse images online. The number of websites found to be accepting cryptocurrency ...

Call for Member States to come together and push forward with ‘desperately needed’ child protection laws as thousands of webpages containing children’s sexual abuse traced back to EU servers. New ...

The Government is cracking down on AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery following an Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) campaign to tighten up regulations. Today (February 2), Home Secretary Yvette ...

Children as young as 11 are being preyed on in sextortion scams, as criminal gangs are targeting younger victims and girls in an “exponential increase in cruelty”. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) ...