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Partnership between UK online safety regulator and IWF set to boost CSAM enforcement

By Patricia Figueiredo ( January 30, 2026, 15:24 GMT | Insight) -- UK online safety regulator Ofcom has formalized how the Internet Watch Foundation will support enforcement of the Online Safety Act, setting out how the charity can assist in the identification of child sexual-abuse material. The agreement, signed in November but disclosed Thursday, details the legal framework for the watchdog and the IWF to work together, MLex understands. It comes as Ofcom promises to step up enforcement against CSAM.A new cooperation agreement between UK online safety regulator Ofcom and the Internet Watch Foundation sets out how the charity can support enforcement action against online child sexual-abuse material, also known as CSAM....

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