Initial research findings into the motivations, behaviour and actions of people who view indecent images of children (often referred to as child pornography) online is released today (Thursday, March 28) by the child protection charity the Lucy Faithfull Foundation (LFF) and the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).
More people in Britain are concerned about websites showing the sexual abuse of children than other types of illegal, illicit or‘harmful’ internet content. However, more than half of people in Britain currently say that they either wouldn’t know how to report it if they were to encounter it (40%) or would just ignore it (12%).
The Internet Watch Foundation has identified and assisted the removal of 137% more webpages depicting child sexual abuse last year, than the year before.
'This is an important step in ensuring our world-leading expertise can be quickly drawn upon by police and law enforcement the world over.'
Childline and the IWF launch new tool to help young people remove nude images that have been shared online
Under-18s who want nude pictures or videos of themselves removed from the internet can now report the images through an online tool.
Children who are worried that nude pictures and videos may end up online will be able to report the material to help prevent it from being uploaded in the future.
Lists and notifications of confirmed child sexual abuse imagery being hosted on newsgroup services.