Rebecca Evans AM, Assembly Member for Mid and West Wales, has become an official Champion of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).
By becoming an IWF Champion, the AM is supporting the work of the Internet Watch Foundation and its fight against child sexual abuse images and videos on the internet.
The IWF is the UK internet Hotline for the public to report child sexual abuse content, criminally obscene adult content and non-photographic images of child sexual abuse in a secure and confidential way.
The IWF successfully works in partnership with the online industry, law enforcement, government, and international partners to minimise the availability of this content. The work of the IWF is globally considered as one of the best examples in its field.
By becoming an IWF Champion, Mrs Evans is pledging to raise awareness of the importance of the fight against online child sexual abuse content.
Mrs Evans campaigns on child safety online, and champions the issue in the Senedd. She said:
“I pay tribute to the work of the IWF in the fight against child sexual abuse.
“The abuse is not simply ‘online’ imagery – it reflects horrific real life crimes against children. The IWF’s work makes it more difficult for people to find abuse online, and by sharing information with police their work can help lead to the identification of and rescue of abused children.
“I urge anyone coming across images which cause them concern to report them securely and confidentially to the IWF.”
Susie Hargreaves, CEO of the Internet Watch Foundation, said:
“We are absolutely delighted with the support we receive from our IWF Champions and it shows their commitment to our goal of eliminating child sexual abuse content on the internet.”
Reports to the IWF can be made on www.iwf.org.uk
