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Rising number of self-generated child sexual abuse images online reported

Nearly 20,000 webpages of child sexual abuse imagery found in the first half of this year included self-generated content of children aged between seven and 10 years old, the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has said. The online safety group said the ...

09 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Abuse survivor fears Facebook security plan will allow predators ‘free rein’

A campaigner who was sexually abused as a child after being groomed online has urged Facebook to abandon plans she says will weaken protections for vulnerable people and give predators “free rein” to target youngsters. Rhiannon-Faye McDonald cited ...

16 Mar 2022 at 07:25

Apple brings child sexual abuse detection tools to the UK

A feature in Apple’s Messages app that can spot and warn children when sexually explicit images are received or about to be sent is to be introduced in the UK. First launched in the United States last year, the tool blurs out images received that ...

20 Apr 2022 at 19:25

Boarding schools ‘ideal environment for grooming’

A new report into child sexual abuse has found boarding schools are the “ideal environment for grooming”, with pupils being more dependent on adults around them than in non-residential settings. The report from the Independent Inquiry into Child ...

01 Mar 2022 at 13:55

Child sexual abuse prosecutions and convictions drop by half in four years

Prosecutions and convictions for child sexual abuse have fallen by around half in four years, research by a children’s charity suggests. Figures obtained by the NSPCC under Freedom of Information legislation showed that the total number of ...

20 Jan 2022 at 00:25

Children being coerced into most severe forms of sexual abuse online – report

Children as young as seven are being coerced by abusers into filming themselves carrying out the most severe forms of child sexual abuse material, a charity has warned as it urged the Government to return the Online Safety Bill to ...

18 Nov 2022 at 01:01

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2021 declared worst year for child sexual abuse online: How to talk to children about staying safe

The internet has massively helped us get through the pandemic – especially children and young people. Yet 2021 was also ‘the worst year on record for child sexual abuse online’, according to a new report by the Internet Watch ...

13 Jan 2022 at 15:14

Sex abuse inquiry chair ‘frustrated’ at lack of quick action on recommendations

The chair of a major inquiry into child sex abuse has told of her frustration that her recommendations to tackle the “horrific” crime have still not been enacted, as the Home Secretary was challenged to set out a clear ...

18 Jan 2024 at 09:46

Sunak promises crackdown on grooming gangs with new police taskforce

The Prime Minister has pledged that “political correctness” will not get in the way of a crackdown on grooming gangs, as ministers promised tougher sentences and new support for local forces to protect children from ...

02 Apr 2023 at 22:30

NSPCC blasts Government’s ‘piecemeal’ response a year on from major abuse report

A major children’s charity has accused the Government of failing young victims of sexual abuse by having given only a “piecemeal” and “underwhelming” response a year after the final report of the long-running ...

20 Oct 2023 at 00:01

Tech giants agree to child safety principles around generative AI

Some of the world’s biggest tech and AI firms have agreed to follow new online safety principles designed to combat the creation and spread of AI-generated child sexual abuse material. Amazon, Google, Meta, ...

23 Apr 2024 at 15:29

Child sex abuse victims ‘will feel cheated’ if report is not hard-hitting

Victims will feel “cheated” if the findings of an overarching report from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse are not hard-hitting, a survivor has said. The final report, taking in all 19 ...

19 Oct 2022 at 20:03

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