How the sending of one photo led an 11-year-old girl to become a victim of physical sex abuse

Published:  Tue 23 Jul 2024

A mother has told Sky News how her 11-year-old daughter was groomed into sending sexually explicit photographs of herself to men online and how this spiralled into physical sexual abuse.

Warning: This article contains details that some readers may find distressing

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) says this is a growing problem and self-generated child abuse images - where a child is encouraged by someone online into sexualised behaviour - now makes up a large proportion of the imagery that they are removing from the internet.

It is calling on the new government to make keeping children safe online a priority.

Read the full article at Sky News.

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