The scale of self-generated child sexual abuse imagery is hard to comprehend. Since the start of the pandemic, the amount of ‘self-generated’ child abuse imagery has increased dramatically.
All parents and carers need to be aware of the risks of online child sexual abuse and the scale of the issue affecting children today.
In 2020, the IWF confirmed 68,000 cases of such imagery, a rise of 77% on the year before. It accounts for nearly half (44%) the imagery we took action on last year.
In 80% of these cases, the victims were 11- to 13-year-old girls.
Read and share this downloadable guide for parents and carers.
SOURCE: Internet Watch Foundation
DATE: Nov 2021