--- title: Great news for young people wanting to report an image of themselves description: "I went to the NSPCC Conference today – a great event from a great organisation. As you can imagine there were many interesting takeaways; one that struck me in particular was news from the Internet Watch Foundation and Childline which will make a massive difference to young people wanting to remove an explicit/nude image online. […] Share this post: Print Tweet WhatsApp More Telegram Share on Tumblr Pocket" --- Broadband and so much more: [ Get Connected with LGfL > ](https://lgfl.net/smartbuy/broadband) ## Safeguarding Blog [Safeguarding Blog](https://safeblog.lgfl.net) [Curriculum Blog](https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net) # Great news for young people wanting to report an image of themselves [ Admin ](https://safeblog.lgfl.net/author/admin) Jun 21, 2017 4:38:02 PM ![](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png) I went to the NSPCC Conference today – a great event from a great organisation. As you can imagine there were many interesting takeaways; one that struck me in particular was news from the Internet Watch Foundation and Childline which will make a massive difference to young people wanting to remove an explicit/nude image online. IWF can only enforce the removal of such images where the child in question is under 18. Where age is not obvious even to experts, young people wanting to report an image of themselves have previously needed to engage with authorities to prove their age, which can cause distress and put them off wanting to report. But now the IWF and Childline are using an age verification app called [Yoti](https://www.yoti.com/) (other such apps exist; this is not an endorsement) to help young people under 18 report images and prove their age at a click (or a few anyway). They can use the app to scan their passport or other ID, compare with a selfie and therefore add age verification to any report. Great news that will change lives. Reports can be made either via the [IWF](https://report.iwf.org.uk/en) or [Childline](https://contentreporting.childline.org.uk/) website – spread the word! - Remember though to follow the UKCCIS guidelines for every element of how schools should deal with incidents of sexting. Access it and other sexting resources via [sexting.lgfl.net](http://sexting.lgfl.net) * ** A variety of reporting links for online safety and safeguarding issues are at [reporting.lgfl.net](http://reporting.lgfl.net) ** ### Share this post: - [Print](https://safeblog.lgfl.net/2017/06/great-news-for-young-people-wanting-to-self-report/) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) - [WhatsApp](https://safeblog.lgfl.net/2017/06/great-news-for-young-people-wanting-to-self-report/?share=jetpack-whatsapp) - [![](https://safeblog.lgfl.net/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20-Mar-29-2022-03-16-08-01-PM.png)](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsafeblog.lgfl.net%2F2017%2F06%2Fgreat-news-for-young-people-wanting-to-self-report%2F&media=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.lgfl.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F06%2Fremoving-images.jpg&description=Great%20news%20for%20young%20people%20wanting%20to%20report%20an%20image%20of%20themselves) - [More](https://safeblog.lgfl.net/2017/06/great-news-for-young-people-wanting-to-self-report#) - [Telegram](https://safeblog.lgfl.net/2017/06/great-news-for-young-people-wanting-to-self-report/?share=telegram) - [Share on Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/share) - [Pocket](https://getpocket.com/save) [safeguarding: online & beyond](https://safeblog.lgfl.net/tag/safeguarding-online-beyond) ### Subscribe to our blog Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts. ## Read On ### [Your Toolkit for Anti-Bullying Week 2020… and Beyond! This year’s Anti-Bullying week runs from 16th-20th November. It’s a great opportunity to ensure...](https://safeblog.lgfl.net/2020/10/your-toolkit-for-anti-bullying-week-2020-and-beyond) ### [Anti-Bullying Week 2021 – NEW Posters to help Challenge Peer-on-Peer Abuse As schools prepare for Anti-Bullying Week, are ALL your staff are confident when it comes to...](https://safeblog.lgfl.net/2021/11/anti-bullying-week-2021-new-posters-to-help-challenge-peer-on-peer-abuse) ### [Demos launches technology briefing on child sexual abuse imagery Last night I attended the Westminster launch of a new ‘Technology Briefing Series’ from cross-party...](https://safeblog.lgfl.net/2018/01/demos-launches-technology-briefing-on-child-sexual-abuse-imagery)