'The Minister of State for Security, James Brokenshire and the Minister for Safeguarding, Victoria Atkins engaged the Internet Watch Foundation on the threat during the pandemic.'
The portal gives people in El Salvador a safe, anonymous place to report child sexual abuse material if they accidentally find it online.
‘We know viewing images and videos of child sexual abuse is not a victimless crime. Some of the worst abuse is perpetrated against children’.
People in Senegal will now be able to report child sexual abuse if they stumble across it online.
The coronavirus pandemic has lent greater ‘urgency’ to tackling online threats
By Justin Reilly, CEO, safeguarding specialist, Impero
Baroness Floella Benjamin raised fears 18 to 25 year-olds may be becoming child sex predators online.
IWF analyst 'Lucy' spoke to the BBC about her work tracking down and fighting against online child sexual abuse.
The Home Affairs Select Committee heard that the UK Safer Internet Centre requires funding to provide vital services at what is a particularly important time with children spending increasing amounts of time online through the current Covid-19 pandemic
Throughout the lockdown period the IWF Hotline has remained operational, but social distancing measures meant some activities had to be scaled back
