Telegram ignored outreach from child safety watchdogs before CEO's arrest, groups say
Telegram’s CEO was arrested in relation to an investigation into an unnamed person involving claims of “complicity” in distributing child sexual abuse material.
Published: Wed 19 May 2021
Written by: BBC News
For nine years, Chris Hughes has fought a battle very few people ever see.
He oversees a team of 21 analysts in Cambridge who locate, identify and remove child sexual abuse material (CSAM) from the internet.
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is funded by the global tech industry.
It manually reviews online reports of suspected criminal content sent in by the public. Mr Hughes sees upsetting material every day.
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