There has been a shocking rise in the amount of child sexual abuse material featuring the sexual abuse of girls, the Internet Watch Foundation has warned.
Ten years ago, only 65% of the imagery analysts saw was of girls, but in 2021, 97% of all child sexual abuse material identified featured the sexual abuse of [...]
A campaign is reaching out to teenagers to empower them to stand up to online grooming and child sexual abuse over the summer.
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), with support from tech companies including Microsoft, Twitter, Snapchat, and TikTok are warning teens about online grooming and sexual abuse during the school summer holidays as a [...]
Perpetrators of child sexual abuse are using tactics in institutions which enables them to abuse children even today, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has found.
The research explores the offending strategies of alleged perpetrators across a wide range of contemporary institutional contexts, such as schools, sport and foster care, as well as the [...]
A disturbing new trend, whereby online predators are targeting children and tricking them into abusing their own siblings and friends, has been revealed by The Internet Watch Foundation.
A new study published ahead of the IWF annual report reveals how internet sex predators are targeting children to have them abuse their siblings and friends, as well [...]
Organised “communities of sex predators” will be looking to take advantage of children being away from school and spending more time online to exploit more children and to share and distribute child sexual abuse material online.
The Internet Watch Foundation has reported processing record numbers of reports of online child sexual abuse and warned that predatory [...]
Instagram is increasingly being used to groom children, the NSPCC has warned.
The photo and video sharing app was used in 37% of online grooming offences compared to 29% over the previous three years, the children’s charity has found.
NSPCC Chief Executive, Peter Wanless said: “Families have long paid the price for big tech’s failure to protect [...]
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