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  1. Children warned about sharing explicit images

    A new campaign warning children of the dangers of sharing sexually explicit images and videos has been launched, with an appeal for parents and young people to openly discuss these issues.

  2. How can children be protected from online sextortion fraud?

    Criminals are tricking young people into sending intimate images, then demanding money. Experts explain how to deal with these attacks.

  3. Child abuse: Could tech devices be exposing children to grooming?

    Young children are now more exposed to being groomed online due to a reliance on tech devices in lockdown, a charity has claimed.

  4. The US Saw a Spike in Child Sexual Abuse URLs in 2021

    CSAM hosting around the world rose 64 percent last year, and a surge in the United States put it second behind the Netherlands, a new report found.

  5. Online child sexual abuse at record high levels - with some exploited within minutes

    Online child sexual abuse is at record high levels, according to exclusive figures given to ITV News.

  6. One in five child abuse images found online last year were category A – report

    Internet Watch Foundation says amount of material showing most extreme form of sexual abuse has doubled since 2020

  7. Webpages containing the most extreme child abuse have doubled since 2020

    Images of children aged as young as seven being abused online have risen by almost two thirds while the number of webpages found to contain the most extreme material has doubled in recent years, according to a report.

  8. Paedophile Hugh Nelson who made AI child abuse images from real pictures sent to him jailed for 18 years in 'deeply horrifying' landmark case

    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.

  9. Telegram ignored outreach from child safety watchdogs before CEO's arrest, groups say

    Telegram’s CEO was arrested in relation to an investigation into an unnamed person involving claims of “complicity” in distributing child sexual abuse material.

  10. Telegram U-turns and joins child safety scheme

    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).

  11. AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery reaching ‘tipping point’, says watchdog

    Internet Watch Foundation says illegal AI-made content is becoming more prevalent on open web with high level of sophistication.

  12. Telegram plans child abuse crackdown following Pavel Durov’s arrest in Paris

    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.