Published: Wed 21 Apr 2021
Written by: Mail Online
Online sexual predators are increasingly coercing young girls into filming their own sexual abuse, internet safety experts have warned.
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) confirmed 68,000 cases of self-generated child sexual abuse imagery in 2020 – 44% of the total cases it acted on last year and a 77% rise from 2019.
In 80% of these cases, the victims were 11 to 13-year-old girls, according to new analysis in the IWF’s annual report.
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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.