The number of referrals to a Metropolitan Police squad tackling online child abuse has more than doubled. The unit received 2,514 referrals in 2018, compared with 1,050 the previous year,
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Two Warwick University students involved in a group chat which contained threats to rape other students will not be returning to campus in September. In a statement released on Monday
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More than 100,000 webpages showing images of child sexual abuse have been removed from the internet after intervention by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), the UK charity has said. In
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An inquiry into the online abuse of disabled people triggered by a petition started by Katie Price has said self-regulation of social media has failed and current laws are not
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A convicted paedophile has been jailed for eight years after making indecent videos of young girls over a popular live streaming app. Matthew Claridge, 49, tried to bribe girls as
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An “epidemic” of online child abuse must be tackled with new data laws, Security Minister Ben Wallace has told MPs. He said there had been a 700% rise in child
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A former police inspector has admitted making more than 140 indecent photographs of children between 2011 and August this year. Ex-West Midlands Police officer Lee Bartram (pictured) entered guilty pleas
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Experts have devised an anti-grooming tool in a boost for Home Secretary Sajid Javid’s drive to combat online child abuse. Engineers from some of the world’s biggest tech firms, including
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An internet troll who tormented the families of dead young people by posting sickening messages on Facebook tribute pages has been jailed for 14 months. Paul Hind, 38, called Olivia
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A report from the Children’s Commissioner for England has called on internet firms and toy companies to be more transparent in what data they are collecting from children. It says
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