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Internet Watch Foundation

Acronym: IWF

General Information

Identification Code: 144739515066-23
Website: [object Object]
Entity Form: Charity
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 2/6/2015
Last Update: 11/27/2023
EP Accredited Number: 1

Mission & Interests

Goals: The IWF was established in 1996 by the internet industry to provide the UK internet Hotline for the public and IT professionals to report criminal online content in a secure and confidential way. The Hotline service can be used anonymously to report content within our remit. We work in partnership with the online industry, law enforcement, government, and international partners to minimise the availability of this content, specifically: - child sexual abuse images hosted anywhere in the world - non-photographic child sexual abuse images hosted in the UK.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
  • Borders and security
  • Communication
  • Culture and media
  • Digital economy and society
  • Justice and fundamental rights
  • Research and innovation
  • Single market
  • Trans-European Networks
Levels of Interest:
  • global
  • european
  • national

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: EU initiatives related to the fight against online child sexual abuse material and online child safety, including proposals in the context of the European Digital Single Market. Blocking/filtering and freedom of the internet debates. e-privacy, GDPR, e-commerce directive, Digital Services Act, Artificial Intelligence, EU strategy on Child Sexual Abuse, EU strategy on the Rights of the Child, Better Internet for Kids Strategy, EU review of rules to combat child sexual abuse.
Communication Activities: Internet Watch Foundation's Annual Report launch in Brussels (27 April 2022) Link to report: https://www.iwf.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are/annual-report-2021/ IWF Annual Report launch event in Brussels (26 April 2023): Link to report: https://www.iwf.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are/annual-report-2022/ IWF spoke at: A European Liberal Forum meeting (To discuss how we can use technology to keep children safe online?)- 10 October 2022. European Parliament Intergroup Meeting (Tech to keep children safe online)- 16 November 2022. Evidence to the LIBE Committee Rapporteur and Shadow Rapporteurs on laying down new rules to prevent and combat CSAM- March 2023. Evidence to the IMCO Committee on the protection of Minors- June 2023.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: Children's rights

Head Office

Address: Discovery HouseVision Park
Post Code: CB24 9ZR
City: Histon
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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EU Office

Address: Discovery HouseVision Park
Post Code: CB24 9ZR
City: Histon
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Phone: [object Object]

Financial Data

New Organisation: false
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Complementary Information: These figures relate to the IWF's involvement in Preventing and Reducing the use of child sexual abuse material through On device TECHnology. Project number: ISF-2021-TF1-AG-CYBER, Improving the prevention of child sexual abuse.

Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 1
Members25 Percent: 2
Members50 Percent: 1
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 4
Members F T E: 1.100000023841858
Info Members: Occasionally an additional person may be present with the primary contact.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: https://www.iwf.org.uk/members
Organisation Members: INHOPE - INHOPE is an active and collaborative network of 51 hotlines in 45 countries worldwide, dealing with illegal content online and committed to stamping out child sexual abuse from the Internet.