Record number of UK under 18s facing ‘sextortion’ online as experts say no time to lose on nudity blockers for teens’ phones
Child protection groups brace for record numbers as half-year ‘sextortion’ reports have already eclipsed 2025 total.
Published: Mon 9 Apr 2018
The Internet Watch Foundation, the online child sexual abuse charity, will publish its 2017 Annual Report on 18 April 2018.
New figures will include:
A strictly embargoed press release will be available to media in advance of the launch. To be included on the IWF’s media list, please contact [email protected].
Child protection groups brace for record numbers as half-year ‘sextortion’ reports have already eclipsed 2025 total.
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