Tech bosses have failed to make their platforms safe for children
Children’s charity the NSPCC is urging the government to deliver legislation that sets out a Duty of Care on tech firms to make their sites safer for children, within 18 months.
More than 10,000 online grooming crimes have been recorded by police under a new law that made it illegal for adults to send sexual messages [...]
Unhappy children reliant on social media are more exposed to grooming, warns NSPCC
Lonely, unhappy children who rely on social media are more exposed to online grooming, the NSPCC has warned.
The charity’s data has revealed that abusers will often target children who have expressed vulnerability online, by sharing thoughts and feelings in social media posts and livestreams, which many children are likely to be doing now.
Andy Burrows, NSPCC [...]
Special Report: Relationships and Sex Education to be taught from September 2019
As WillisPalmer launched WP-Risk last month to support social workers tackling child sexual abuse, the government made a very key announcement in tackling the problem from the other end of the spectrum in a preventive manner by announcing that Relationships and Sex Education and PSHE would be mandatory.
It is hoped that by making it [...]
New offence introduced to prevent grooming
Justice secretary introduces new offence of ‘sexual communication with a child’ whereby offenders face two years in prison
People who groom children using phones and social media face two years in prison, the government has announced.
The Ministry of Justice has introduced a new offence of ‘sexual communication with a child’. Justice Secretary Elizabeth Truss has [...]
