The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is an international hotline and the largest in Europe, whose vision is for an internet free of child sexual abuse material. We play our part in achieving this, by taking reports from members of the public of suspected child sexual abuse material, proactively searching the internet using the insight and expertise of our world class team of analysts, and, in offering technical…
IWF
Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)
NGO · United Kingdom · EU Transparency Register 144739515066-23
3
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
3
legislative files
of 665 tracked
1
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 665 consultation files tracked so far (57,774 submissions, mostly 2021–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 1106 non-governmental organisations on this site, they rank #468 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
1.4
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
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declared costs / yr (floor)
2
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2015
in the register since
Declares membership of
- INHOPE - INHOPE is an active and collaborative network of 51 hotlines in 45 countries worldwide, dealing with illegal…
- ECLAG (European Child Sexual Abuse Legislation Advocacy Group) - a coalition of child rights non-governmental organis…
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026).
- Register category
- Non-governmental organisations
- Registered as
- Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)
- Head office
- Milton, United kingdom
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) filed 3 positions between 26 Oct 2021 and 29 Jun 2026, across 3 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 1 time.
2021 · 1 filed2022 · 1 filed2026 · 1 filed
What they argued
As Europe's largest centre dedicated to finding, assessing and securing the removal of online child sexual abuse material (CSAM), the Internet Watch Foundation sees first-hand the scale and evolution of CSA online. In 2025, IWF analysts actioned more than 311,000 reports confirmed to contain or lead to CSAM. 63% of the URLs actioned were hosted in the EU. The nature of online CSA is changing.
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is an international hotline based in the UK, funded by the internet industry and European Commission, which provides a secure and anonymous place for 2.5 billion people globally to report suspected child sexual abuse material in their local language through the 48 reporting portals we operate around the world.
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Turns up on the same files
Organizations that also filed on at least two of the same consultations. A shared interest in the same dossiers, not evidence of coordination, and we do not suggest any.
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