Published: Thu 30 May 2024
More children than ever are becoming victim of online sexual abuse, with technology offering abusers more access to them than ever. New figures show the global scale of the problem with one in eight children exposed to indecent images last year. But the rise of artificial intelligence is opening up a fresh battleground in what’s been described as a war against child sexual abuse.
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Messaging app Telegram will deploy new tools to prevent the spread of images of child sexual abuse after teaming up with the Internet Watch Foundation.
After years of ignoring pleas to sign up to child protection schemes, the controversial messaging app Telegram has agreed to work with an internationally recognised body to stop the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
The images that Nelson made have been linked back to real children around the world. In some cases, he then went on to encourage his clients to rape and sexually assault the youngsters.