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   Online child sex abuse has increased by 27 per cent in just two   
   years, as the NSPCC called for tougher laws to combat “digital   
   breadcrumbing” that signposts paedophiles to illegal content.   
      
   Police data obtained by the NSPCC through freedom of information   
   laws shows the number of offences rose from 24,964 in 2018/19 to   
   31,600 in 2020/21.   
      
   These included 6,319 grooming offences - a new crime of sexual   
   communications with a child - and more than 25,000 paedophiles   
   caught with child abuse images.   
      
   The NSPCC said the crimes were being fuelled by offenders using   
   social media to form networks, advertise a sexual interest in   
   children and signpost to illegal child abuse content hosted on   
   third party sites.   
      
   The charity said a potential loophole in the Government’s new   
   Online Safety Bill - due to have a second reading next week -   
   would allow the tactics, known as “breadcrumbing,” to continue   
   even after it became law.   
      
   It said the regulator should be given additional powers to treat   
   activity that facilitates child abuse with the same severity as   
   illegal material.   
      
   ‘Tribute sites’ used by offenders   
   Among the techniques used by offenders are “tribute sites” -   
   fake social media profiles of child abuse survivors known to   
   those with a sexual interest in children. These received six   
   million interactions in just three months of 2021.   
      
   According to the NSPCC, abusers are also using Facebook groups   
   that are thinly veiled for those with an interest in children   
   celebrating the 8th , 9th and 10th birthdays and have up to   
   50,000 members. The charity said many remained live despite   
   being reported to Meta.   
      
   There were also carefully edited child abuse videos where   
   abusers used sophisticated understanding of what platforms will   
   and will not takedown to post edited videos of real abuse scenes   
   that subvert content moderation rules and don’t cross the   
   illegal threshold.   
      
   The NSPCC also called for tougher action on private messaging   
   and cross platform abuse.   
      
   Legislation is ‘key pillar of child protection system’   
   Sir Peter Wanless, the chief executive of the NSPCC, said: “This   
   historic Online Safety Bill can finally force tech companies to   
   systemically protect children from avoidable harm.   
      
   “With online child abuse crimes at record levels and the public   
   rightly demanding action, it is crucial this piece of   
   legislation stands as a key pillar of the child protection   
   system for decades to come.   
      
   “Today’s NSPCC report sets out simple but targeted solutions for   
   the Bill to be improved to stop preventable child sexual abuse   
   and to finally call time on years of industry failure.”   
      
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