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It takes a lot to shock Kelvin Lay. My friend and colleague was responsible for setting up Africa’s first dedicated child exploitation and human trafficking units, and for many years he was a senior investigating officer for the Child Exploitation Online Protection Centre at the UK’s National Crime Agency, specialising…

Consequences of sharing nude images and subsequent threat of blackmail can be devastating. Talk to your child, say experts

Nearly half of incidents where platform was known occurred on Snapchat, with 26% on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp

The Internet Watch Foundation reported the identification of self-generated child sexual abuse material involving children under 10 on over 100,000 web pages.

Volume of material children are coerced or groomed into creating prompts renewed attack on end-to-end encryption

‘Sextortion’ of young people in Scotland has risen sharply and boys and young men are most at risk

Home Secretary Suella Braverman hosted an event to combat such ‘depraved’ material.

Internet Watch Foundation finds 3,000 AI-made abuse images breaking UK law

A new report warns that the proliferation of child sexual abuse images on the internet could become much worse if something is not done to put controls on artificial intelligence tools that generate deepfake photos