‘Paedophiles can be banned from using Snapchat because the app deletes images, a judge has ruled in a landmark case.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th May 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A former nursery worker who blackmailed and raped a teenage boy has been jailed for 16 years for what a judge called “a disturbing catalogue of sexual corruption and deviancy”.’
The Guardian, 23rd May 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Two men have been jailed after pleading guilty to photographing sexual assaults on children more than a decade ago.’
BBC News, 18th May 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Cambridge University poetry expert who shared child rape fantasies and abuse images online has avoided jail.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th May 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A paedophile vicar who penned handwritten fantasy stories about child sex and posted them through neighbours’ letterboxes has been spared a jail sentence.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd May 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A paediatrician who used “military-grade” software to cover his tracks has been jailed for three years for having and sharing child sex images.’
BBC News, 20th March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A parliamentary inquiry into fake news is to consider legislation forcing social networks to improve the way they handle complaints after Facebook’s failure to remove sexualised images of children.’
The Guardian, 8th March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Facebook has been criticised for its handling of reports about sexualised images of children on its platform. The chairman of the Commons media committee, Damian Collins, said he had “grave doubts” about the effectiveness of its content moderation systems.’
BBC News, 7th March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Paedophiles who view indecent images but go no further should not be jailed but rehabilitated, a leading child protection police officer has said.’
BBC News, 28th February 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The number of children being investigated by police for sexual offences has almost doubled in the last four years.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd February 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A woman who plotted to let a paedophile rape her seven-year-old daughter has been jailed for nine years.’
The Guardian, 23rd January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Judge says public will be safer if Daniel Taylor attends treatment programme.’
The Independent, 5th January 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A couple who inflicted such “sickening” injuries on their five-week-old daughter that she will never be able to walk or talk have been jailed.’
BBC News, 7th December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A “dangerous sexual deviant” wanted by the FBI has been jailed for sexually assaulting a teenage girl in a Lancashire park.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Sexting cases involving children should not always be handled with a full-scale criminal investigation, new police advice says. The College of Policing advises officers to respond “in a proportionate way” to children sharing indecent imagery of themselves or their peers.’
BBC News, 24th November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An innocent businessman wrongly branded a paedophile when child abuse images were found on his laptop has won a damages payout from police after it emerged a virus was to blame.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th November 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A nanny wanted in the US on a child pornography charge has lost a UK court fight against extradition.’
BBC News, 25th October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A House of Lords researcher who worked for a Conservative peer has been jailed after being caught accessing child pornography on parliamentary computers.’
The Independent, 19th October 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘More than 13,000 people have sought help to stop them from viewing indecent images of children in the past year, according to a leading charity.’
The Independent, 13th October 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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