How sick predators are forcing kids into recording their own sex abuse videos while their parents sit downstairs unaware

Published:  Tue 12 Jan 2021

Written by:  The Sun

With cuddly toys scattered around her, schoolgirl Becky fixes her eyes on the screen in front of her as she's directed to perform a series of sickening sexual acts by vile paedophiles.

The disturbing video of the youngster - who is thought to be 10 or 11 years old - is just one of many that analysts at The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), a charity responsible for finding and removing online child sexual abuse content, have seen of her.

However, with no obvious clues to help uncover her identity, experts are powerless to help Becky - not her real name - as she's repeatedly tricked and coerced by criminals into filming herself.

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