More than 90% of child sexual abuse images on internet are 'self-generated'

Published:  Wed 17 Jan 2024

More than 90% of websites found to contain child sexual abuse featured "self-generated" images extorted from victims as young as three, according to an internet watchdog.

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) warned of a "shocking" rise in the number of under-10s being coerced, blackmailed, tricked or groomed into performing sexually online.

Data released by the anti-abuse charity shows a record 275,655 websites were found to contain child sexual abuse in 2023 - an 8% rise from the previous year.

Of those, 254,070, or 92%, contained "self-generated" images or videos, with children under the age of 10 featuring on 107,615 of the sites, and youngsters aged between three and six found on 2,500 of them.

Read the full article at Sky News.

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