Published: Wed 17 Jan 2024
More than 90% of websites found to contain child sexual abuse featured "self-generated" images extorted from victims as young as three, according to an internet watchdog.
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) warned of a "shocking" rise in the number of under-10s being coerced, blackmailed, tricked or groomed into performing sexually online.
Data released by the anti-abuse charity shows a record 275,655 websites were found to contain child sexual abuse in 2023 - an 8% rise from the previous year.
Of those, 254,070, or 92%, contained "self-generated" images or videos, with children under the age of 10 featuring on 107,615 of the sites, and youngsters aged between three and six found on 2,500 of them.
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The girl sent a photo to a boy in her class before the image and her phone number were added to all-male online chat groups - she later started disappearing before being abused by "unknown men".
