Under 10s groomed online ‘like never before’ as hotline discovers record amount of child sexual abus
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Against the worsening backdrop, the IWF warns moves like Meta’s decision to prevent the blocking of child sexual abuse imagery on Facebook’s Messenger service are ‘utterly incomprehensible’.
- IWF removed a record-breaking amount of child sexual abuse imagery in 2023.
- Under 10s increasingly targeted by groomers, with a growing number of younger children being coerced into performing sexually online.
- UK Security Minister says all tech companies must do more to prevent the spread of abuse, but decisions like those of Meta will ‘provide a safe space for heinous predators’.
A ‘shocking’ number of under 10s are being manipulated into performing sexual acts online, as experts discover more child sexual abuse imagery online than ever before.
New data from the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) today (January 17) shows a dramatic rise in the number of webpages on the open internet showing children under 10 being groomed, manipulated, or coerced into performing sexually by a predator.
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