Today we're announcing that Musubi has joined the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) as a member. It means the platforms that use Musubi can draw on the IWF's trusted data on confirmed child sexual abuse material (CSAM) directly inside the tools they already run, making it faster to identify and block this content.
Musubi helps online platforms solve the hardest problems in Trust & Safety and fraud. The internet's worst harms require real practitioner experience, the right partnerships, and tooling and technology that a platform can shape to its own needs. Musubi brings those together, and works alongside organisations like the IWF to make each one count. Rather than sell a one-size-fits-all system, Musubi gives AI-native Trust & Safety teams the building blocks to design protection around their own platform, policies, and priorities.
Today, Musubi's tools help protect more than 850 million end-users worldwide. Partnerships like this one are how we reach further.
Building an internet worth having
Musubi exists to help build an internet worth having, and there is no clearer test of that mission than the fight against child sexual abuse material. This is the content no platform should ever host, and every hour it circulates is another hour a child is re-victimised.
Protecting children online cannot be a side project or a scramble after the fact. It demands detection that is fast, accurate, and proactive, catching this material before it can spread. That is exactly the kind of work our tools are built for, and exactly why we want the platforms we serve equipped with the most authoritative data available to stop it.
Child protection is not a feature or a checkbox for us. It is a baseline responsibility we share with every platform, every practitioner, and every organisation working to make the internet safer. Joining the IWF is a direct expression of that commitment.
What IWF membership gives platforms using Musubi
IWF membership gives Musubi access to the most trusted data on confirmed child sexual abuse material, built and kept current by the IWF's specialist analysts. That includes the IWF's URL List, Image Hash List, and Keywords List. We're building that data into the tools our customers already use, to make it as easy as possible to use.
Blocking known abuse material shouldn't force a platform to build its own infrastructure or pull its team off other urgent work. Musubi handles the integration so platforms can put strong protections against child sexual abuse material in place fast, and keep their people focused on the difficult calls.
What our teams are saying
Kerry Smith, Chief Executive Officer of the IWF, said:
"Sadly, the volume of child sexual abuse material being shared online continues to rise at an alarming rate. Last year, IWF experts actioned more than 311,000 webpages or links depicting the sexual abuse of children. This makes collaboration with like-minded organisations critical to the global effort to tackle child sexual abuse material online. We welcome Musubi on board as a new IWF Member, strengthening our collective ability to identify and remove more of this horrific material."
Alice Hunsberger, Head of Trust & Safety at Musubi, said:
"Anyone who's worked in trust and safety knows that child sexual abuse material is the hardest and most important work. We started Musubi to give platforms a better way to solve their safety problems, and none of them matters more than protecting children. Musubi's IWF membership means the platforms we serve can put the IWF's expertise to work inside their own systems, with far less effort than going it alone. We're proud to stand with the IWF and its Members in fulfilling this responsibility."
You can learn more about becoming an IWF member and the services the IWF provides on their website.
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