Children under 10 are being increasingly targeted by pedophiles, data indicates
The Internet Watch Foundation received 392,660 reports of possible abuse images on websites last year, of which, 70% was found to contain such material.
Children under 10 are increasingly being targeted by paedophiles online, figures suggest.
The Internet Watch Foundation received 392,660 reports of possible abuse images on websites last year, of which, 70% was found to contain such material.
Of those, 39% involved images of children under 10, up from 25% in 2022.
Some 92% featured self-generated content, where children are made to, or tricked into, taking obscene self images.
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IFW chief Susie Hargreaves also hit out at Meta's plans to bring in end-to-end encryption on Facebook Messenger.
She called it puzzling that Meta is "deciding to ...offer criminals a free pass to further share and spread abuse imagery in private and undetected", adding: "Children are falling victim like never before."
Meta was approached for comment.
Images of child sexual abuse online can be reported to the IWF at iwf.org.uk/report.