Marking 25 years of combating online child sexual abuse imagery

In 25 years, the Internet Watch Foundation’s expert analysts have assessed 1.8m reports, with human eyes. Of these, 970,000 showed imagery of children being sexually abused. Since 1996, they have helped to remove millions of child sexual abuse images and videos from the internet.

In 2021, IWF investigated more reports of suspected child sexual abuse than in the first 15 years of their existence. This is thanks to the dedicated work of IWF analysts, who spend each and every day assessing some of the most challenging content imaginable. They do this because they know that for every image or video they remove, it stops that child from repeated victimisation and gives that child some hope.

Each report contains at least one, and sometimes thousands of images which equates to millions of criminal images removed from the internet.

Poet Katie Ailes powerfully captures the impact of the Internet Watch Foundation’s work on the lives of child victims who have suffered this cruel crime in this brand new 25th anniversary film.

To find out more about IWF and their vital work, please visit: https://www.iwf.org.uk/

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