The first person in England and Wales to be convicted of a cyber-flashing offence has been jailed for 66 weeks. Nicholas Hawkes was convicted under the Online Safety Act after
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The number of child sexual abuse image crimes recorded by UK police increased by a quarter last year, according to new data obtained by children’s charity the NSPCC. The charity’s
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The mother of murdered teenager Brianna Ghey has said the “trans hate” aimed at her daughter when articles about her are posted on social media is “horrendous”. Esther Ghey, 37,
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The father of a schoolgirl who killed herself after being bullied said the family has got some answers after the inquest into her death, but added that he is a
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Meta is switching off the ability for under-18s to receive messages on Instagram and Messenger from anyone they do not follow or are not connected to, by default, as part
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The Government has been accused of betraying the families of murdered children by narrowing the scope of new coroner powers to access data held by tech companies that is potentially
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The young girls who were targeted, abused and blackmailed by paedophile police officer Lewis Edwards have been praised for their “exceptional” bravery which helped bring him to justice. Edwards (pictured
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A paedophile police officer who incited more than 200 young girls to send him degrading pictures and videos of themselves over Snapchat has been jailed for life with a minimum
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A serving police officer who incited more than 200 girls to share explicit images and videos of themselves with him via Snapchat begged the father of one of his victims
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The number of reported cases of child sexual abuse material online has nearly doubled since 2019, according to a new report. The figures, released by the international campaign group WeProtect
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