Telegram’s CEO was arrested in relation to an investigation into an unnamed person involving claims of “complicity” in distributing child sexual abuse material.
After years of ignoring pleas to sign up to child protection schemes, the controversial messaging app Telegram has agreed to work with an internationally recognised body to stop the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
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".
Young children are now more exposed to being groomed online due to a reliance on tech devices in lockdown, a charity has claimed.
Online child sexual abuse is at record high levels, according to exclusive figures given to ITV News.
A rise in child sex abuse material has been linked to websites hosted in EU countries, according to the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).
An increase in sophisticated AI-generated images of child abuse could result in police and other agencies chasing "fake" rather than genuine abuse, a charity has said.
WIRED on IWF's new IntelliGrade tool. There are 150 child sexual abuse laws around the world. Now, metadata is making it easier for countries to work together.
Each day, a team of analysts faces a seemingly endless mountain of horrors. The team of 21, who work at the Internet Watch Foundation’s office in Cambridgeshire, spend hours trawling through images and videos containing child sexual abuse.
Under-18s who want nude pictures or videos of themselves removed from the internet can now report the images through an online tool.
A web tool to help under-18s report intimate photos of themselves has been launched to prevent the images being uploaded and shared online.
Children who are worried that nude pictures and videos may end up online will be able to report the material to help prevent it from being uploaded in the future.