A 12-year-old boy who began campaigning for Zach’s Law after online trolls targeted his epilepsy is “over the moon” that the measure has made it to the statute book, his
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A coalition of more than 100 sexual abuse survivors, families and child safety experts have written to the heads of major tech platforms demanding they take urgent action to ensure
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Almost a fifth of women in Scotland have experienced online violence, “extremely sobering” new research has found, with almost three-quarters saying this should be made a crime. Research by The
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The number of people admitting their paedophilia to a specialist hotline has climbed three-fold, latest data has revealed, with more than 10,000 telling a charity they were worried about their
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Young people could be left at risk of online exploitation as families struggle to afford activities this summer, a children’s charity has warned. Barnardo’s said its polling suggested some parents
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An autistic teenager tried to take his own life after a video of him spread online and social media platforms refused to take it down, a former victims’ commissioner has
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Acts of sexual violence commonly found in pornography were referenced in half of police interview transcripts of child-on-child sex abuse cases examined by the Children’s Commissioner for England. Dame Rachel
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A senior MP has accused police of giving the “green light” to internet trolls after a vexatious complaint made by a man online saw her subjected to a social services
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Police can take up to 18 months to make an arrest after becoming aware that a child is at risk of online sexual abuse, according to a report. His Majesty’s
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A man who directed the rape and sexual assault of young girls in the Philippines from his home in Scotland has been jailed for 12 years. Gary Campbell, 59, from
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