IWF Report on Child Sexual Abuse Images

The annual report from the IWF (Internet Watch Foundation) published today contains their latest trends and statistics on online child sexual abuse imagery.

Here are a few headlines from the report:

  • 417% increase in reports of child sexual abuse images and video since 2013.
  • 941 web pages actioned in a single record breaking day. 68,092 confirmed as child sexual abuse URLs: 118% increase on 2014.
  • 69% of victims assessed as 10 years or under.
  • 121 internet industry Members working with us.
  • Only 0.2% of the world’s known child sexual abuse imagery is hosted in the UK.

Please use the Report as a reference.

You can access the Report from https://www.iwf.org.uk/accountability/annual-reports/2015-annual-report

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