Police fear more and more 18-26 year old men in the UK are viewing child sexual abuse online, fueling the demand for online child sexual abuse in the UK.
'Parents may think that, because their child is at home, they are safe but sadly that just not always the case'.
There are warnings that, with schools being forced to shut, there is an increased risk of children being groomed and coerced online.
Despite travel bans, experts say there must be no delaying what could be a ‘significant’ move for children’s online safety.
We teamed up with comedian Arron Crascall, football YouTuber Eman Sv2 and our partner the victim-support charity the Marie Collins Foundation to raise awareness of the important issue of child sexual abuse imagery online via social media.
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) today (12 March) published its report into the growing problem of “online-facilitated child sexual abuse”.
The Voluntary Principles to Counter Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse are a set of 11 actions tech firms should take to ensure children are not sexually exploited on their platforms.
The Internet Watch Foundation welcomes the Government’s commitment to ‘upgrade’ a database in a bid to tackle online child sexual abuse material.
Digital Minister Matt Warman paid tribute to the event which took place on Tuesday.
The Internet Watch Foundation has welcomed moves to help protect children online.
Partnerships between the IWF and businesses will help keep children safe
The portals, including the IWF's first in Europe, will allow people to report child sexual abuse material to the IWF should they stumble across it online