Published: Wed 19 May 2021
Written by: BBC News
For nine years, Chris Hughes has fought a battle very few people ever see.
He oversees a team of 21 analysts in Cambridge who locate, identify and remove child sexual abuse material (CSAM) from the internet.
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is funded by the global tech industry.
It manually reviews online reports of suspected criminal content sent in by the public. Mr Hughes sees upsetting material every day.
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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.