Report warns of child sex abuse material fuelled by imagery produced by children
Children have been tricked, groomed or coerced into abusing themselves on camera (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
An “explosion” of child sexual abuse material taken offline in the first half of 2021 is being fuelled by imagery produced by children, internet safety experts have warned.
This year, analysts at the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) have already removed more than 100,000 web pages containing imagery of children being sexually abused.
This is up 62% from the 62,234 reports acted on in the first six months of 2020.
A “crazy” amount – almost two thirds (64,278) of the 100,616 web pages removed so far this year – contained “self-generated” material, the IWF said.
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