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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

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

More powers to tackle child sexual abuse tabled in Online Safety Bill amendment

Social media companies could be compelled to roll out or introduce new technologies to help detect child sexual abuse and exploitation content, through proposals being put forward by the Government in an amendment to the Online Safety ...

06 Jul 2022 at 01:01

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 strands of the inquiry such as ...

19 Oct 2022 at 20:03

Government response weak and at times disingenuous – abuse inquiry chairwoman

The Government’s response to a long-running inquiry into child sex abuse has been branded “weak” and “apparently disingenuous” – with ministers accused of failing to understand the need for action. Professor Alexis Jay, ...

30 May 2023 at 09:39

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 ...

18 Nov 2022 at 01:01

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 ...

01 Mar 2022 at 13:55

Child abuse inquiry calls for tougher laws and compensation scheme for victims

Laws compelling people in positions of trust to report child sexual abuse and a national compensation scheme for victims should be introduced, a seven-year inquiry into institutional failings in England and Wales ...

20 Oct 2022 at 18:08

Former Christian Brother teacher showed ‘no mercy’ to child victims, court told

A former teacher and school principal convicted of historical child sex abuse showed no remorse and no mercy to his victims, a judge has said. Crown Court judge Patrick Lynch KC was responding to a plea for ...

22 Nov 2024 at 11:59

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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 ...

13 Jan 2022 at 15:14

Conservatives to seek support for new child grooming inquiry in symbolic vote

The Conservatives will seek to garner support for a new nationwide child grooming investigation with a symbolic vote in the Commons, amid an ongoing spat between ministers and billionaire Elon Musk. Sir ...

07 Jan 2025 at 22:30

Starmer set for Commons showdown over call for grooming gangs inquiry

MPs will vote on Kemi Badenoch’s call for a national inquiry on grooming gangs after she warned that Sir Keir Starmer’s refusal to back it would fuel concerns about a “cover-up”. The Prime Minister hit ...

08 Jan 2025 at 15:31

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