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.
Websites offering cryptocurrency payment for child sexual abuse images ‘doubling every year'
Summary
Nicky Peachment, IWF Commercial Relationship Manager, reflects on the WePROTECT Industry Event 2015 and how, eventhough there remains much work to be done, the internet industry has made significant steps forward in fighting online child sexual abuse.
Wednesday’s hearing brings into sharp focus the problems that organisations like ours, the Internet Watch Foundation, are dealing with every day.
As the Online Safety Bill becomes the Online Safety Act, the Internet Watch Foundation looks at what is next.