Charity finds more than 500,000 child abuse victims

Published:  Sun 8 Dec 2024

An analyst who removes child sexual abuse content from the internet says she is always trying to stay "one step ahead" of the "bad guys".

Mabel, who uses a pseudonym to protect her identity, works for the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), a charity based in Histon, Cambridgeshire.

The IWF has a team of frontline staff who identify and remove online child sexual abuse imagery from across the world.

It has identified more than half a million victims this year, but says advances in technology are making the charity's work even more challenging.

Read the full article at BBC News.

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