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Facebook Removes 11.6m Child Abuse Posts

Depressing stats sees social network remove 11.6 million pieces of child abuse content in three month period

The United States, UK, and Australia sign open letter to Facebook saying encryption helps child abuse, as they demand an encryption ‘backdoor’

Huge number of fake accounts disabled by Facebook over a six month enforcement period

Criminals increasingly utilising encrypted apps, rather than the dark web, to trade child abuse images

Sajid Javid pledges more cash, and demands tech giants tackle online child sexual abuse, or face legislation

Companies meeting in London to discuss ways to tackle online child sexual exploitation

Google reports a Gmail user to the police after discovering illegal images in his email

Investigation into online streaming of child abuse leads to 29 arrests

Evidence suggests hackers employed by the FBI managed to track some Tor users

More cooperation between child protection agencies should lead to a ‘cleaner’ Internet

A report claims there is a link between viewing indecent images of children and real-life abuse

Things have moved on since CEOP’s Facebook campaign, but child protection in social media still needs careful thought, says Peter Judge