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Internet watchdog: Child sexual abuse grew exponentially last year

Jan, 13, 2023 Hi-network.com

Internet watchdog Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has reported that child sexual abuse grew radically during the lockdown last year. The latest IWF figures indicate that self generated imagery showing 7 to 10 year olds increased three-fold". A 21% increase  from 2020 in number of URLs containing child sexual image (out of  361,000 reports investigated in 2021, 252,000 were confirmed to be URLs containing images or videos of child sexual abuse).

Noting the vulnerability of children especially due to lockdown and home isolation, it urges  parents  to help aware and spot the danger their children are facing.

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