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Design and print sponsored by 2014 AT A GLANCE Since 1996: SimSimpleple 5 ststepep onlineonline 2014 vs 2013 repreportingorting 141,000 URLs removed globally ffoormrm Total Over 500,000 reports assessed 80,000 Public 2014 74,119 Proactive 2014 70,000 137% Public 2013 1. increase on 2013 IWF receives reports from 60,000 Total the public and proactively 51,186 searches for criminal content 50,000 50,587 in order to remove it. 100% 9% both In 2014 IWF was able, for the 40,000 Total Reports first time, to proactively search 9% boys 31,266 for child sexual abuse content 80% 30,000 resulting in 137% increase in 2. 9,133 criminal URLs found. IWF assesses all reports 20,000 Total strictly against UK law. 30% 13,182 60% Assessments include B 23,532 10,000 22,133 age, gender and abuse 80% 80% category levels. ≤10 girls 40% 0 Reports Child Child Reports PORTS processed sexual processed sexual E 43% abuse abuse . R 2 URLs URLs 1 . A 20% A S S E S 4% ≤2 S 0 All UK child sexual abuse URLs M Abuse Age Gender were removed within 4 days NT E category (years) E N 84% of URLs hosted T levels 5. T outside the UK are removed N REPORTING IWF works with the police O within 10 days C 100% and internet content hosts . PROCESS 90% to remove criminal content 5 wherever it is hosted in SPEED IS 80% the world. 70% EVERYTHING 3. 60% This ensures: G IWF traces the content N to its hosting location 50% • Prevention of abuse I investigations 4 C and contacts the sts police hildren 40% victims’ images being . A ssi e of c viewed again and again. P R relevant authorities IWF a the rescu 30% R T and • Protection of online O . to have it removed. 20% T 3 users from finding it. EC 10% TION Europe 0% 0510 15 20 25 30 Days taken to remove 27% child sexual abuse webpages 41% 4. 0.3% 73% While processes are in KEY: place to have the content North UK America Proactive 72 removed, IWF provides a 56% 2% companies URL list of live child 29% Public sexual abuse webpages 71% 46% had access to companies who wish 54% The list to our list contained an to voluntarily block or filter them for their Asia A total of average of 791 customers’ protection 28,226 URLs per day and to prevent the unique URLs revictimisation of were included the child. on the list The list is deployed across all 7 continents MEMBERS £75,000 £50,000+ £25,000+ £20,000 £15,000 £10,000 £5,000+ Yorkshire & Humber GRID FOR LEARNING £2,500 £1,000 WHO WE ARE OUR VISION: TO ELIMINATE ABOUT US CONTENTS CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AND WHAT 2014 at a glance 01 WE DO Our Members 02 IMAGERY ONLINE Who we are 03 OUR MISSION IS TO WORK THE INTERNET WATCH Our vision 04 WITH PARTNERS TO: FOUNDATION (IWF) IS Chair’s foreword 05 • the availability of child sexual abuse THE UK HOTLINE FOR Disrupt Welcome from the CEO 06 content hosted anywhere in the world; REPORTING ONLINE • children who are victims of sexual Protect CRIMINAL CONTENT. Trends 07 abuse from repeat victimisation and public identification; International work 19 • internet users from accidentally We work internationally to remove online Prevent A look ahead to 2015 21 stumbling across child sexual abuse content; images and videos of child sexual abuse. • criminally obscene adult and non- Delete Membership 22 photographic child sexual abuse content We work within the UK to remove criminally hosted in the UK. obscene adult content and non-photographic Awareness and partnerships 23 “The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) plays images of child sexual abuse, such as a vital role in combating child sexual abuse computer generated images. Transparency 29 AMONG OUR MANY and protecting children from these OPERATIONAL PARTNERS ARE: despicable crimes. The IWF was founded in 1996 by the online Governance 31 industry as a self-regulatory body. The IWF Our Members make the internet a Its introduction of proactive searching Charity report and accounts 33 IWF Members: and the online industry work effectively in safer place for all and make a difference to survivors across the internet has vastly increased the partnership with the police, educators, the Glossary 35 of child sexual abuse. number of abuse images being removed government and others to achieve our vision. from circulation. The IWF has also Our Members help us remove and disrupt the supported the establishment of the UK’s The IWF is a membership organisation and distribution of online images and videos of child Child Abuse Image Database - helping to became a registered charity in 2005 with an sexual abuse. As at December 2014 we had 117 increase the speed of investigations and independent Board. Members. These include ISPs, mobile network reduce the duplication of effort. This means operators, filtering providers, search providers, officers can protect victims and bring The key to our success since our inception content providers and the financial sector. perpetrators to justice sooner. is the support we receive from the online In the UK we work with In addition, the IWF has secured the industry and strong partnerships we have UK Police: the National Crime Agency CEOP agreement of the major global technology across the globe. We strive to meet the Command. This partnership allows companies – Microsoft, Facebook, Google, demands of evolving technology, industry us to take action quickly against UK Yahoo and Twitter – to use hashes of child developments, and public and government hosted criminal content within abuse images they have verified to detect scrutiny. our remit. and remove child abuse material from their platforms and services and will be working If you would like to join us as a Member, We work with to extend this to other relevant partners. International law enforcement: or work with us as a partner, please international police agencies to take action against get in touch. “The IWF is central to national and child sexual abuse content hosted anywhere in the An unprecedented package of international international efforts to eradicate child abuse world. It is because of these partnerships, that we action to deter, disrupt and detect images from the internet. In the last year IWF are able to provide valuable intelligence to the right paedophiles who use the internet to commit has made spectacular progress in increasing people in order to safeguard abused children their vile crimes was agreed at a global the number of websites analysed, so more vile worldwide. summit hosted by the UK in December 2014. images of child abuse can be blocked. The The IWF was heavily involved and continues strength of the important partnership with the We are to be central to the protection of vulnerable INHOPE hotlines: industry is also an outstanding example of a founder member of the children in the UK and around the world – what can be achieved when the private sector International Association of and there can be no greater task for us all.” works with the third sector for the Internet Hotlines (INHOPE). public good.” There are 51 hotlines in 45 countries worldwide, The Rt Hon Theresa May MP, dealing with illegal content online and committed to Home Secretary The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, stamping out child sexual abuse from the internet. Shadow Home Secretary The INHOPE network allows us to be effective in removing child sexual abuse images hosted in countries across the globe. 03 04 CHAIR’S WELCOME FOREWORD FROM THE E M CEO O SIR RICHARD TILT C L E W WELCOME TO SUSIE HARGREAVES THE IWF ANNUAL Online child sexual abuse was REPORT FOR 2014 never far from the headlines in 2013. Similarly, in 2014 it soon We had a lot to live up to this year became clear that we are still only and this was never more keenly felt scratching the surface. It was than in the heart of our operations clearly not the time to slow down in the IWF Hotline. nor for any of us to become complacent. The previous year had paved the way with a new funding structure, a new approach to search for child PROGRESS OUR SUCCESS IS OUR Civil Society is incredibly important for collaboration and sexual abuse imagery and heaps We have participated in quality assuring the categorising information sharing. We do this with our partners in the UK MEMBERS’ SUCCESS Safer Internet Centre (see page 25) – Childnet of expectation from Members, of tens of thousands of images held in the new Child Abuse Image Database – a Home Office database We all know that this is a fight we can’t win on our own. International and South West Grid for Learning – the government, police and the public. enabling swifter identification and investigation by law Any success that the IWF has removing online child sexual NSPCC, ECPAT, The Lucy Faithfull Foundation and many enforcement of child abuse images. abuse imagery is due to our Members – 117 organisations others with whom we work. In 2014, the IWF played a acting as one on this issue – doing everything they can to brokering role, working with four UK ISPs – BT, Sky, TalkTalk At the #WeProtect summit hosted by the Prime Minister in work with us to remove, and block people’s access to, and Virgin Media – to distribute four years’ funding which December (see page 23) we showcased the IWF Portal this content. they pledged to three charities working in this space. NEW ANALYSTS as a solution for countries without a hotline (see page 19).