UK experts ‘finding 15 times as much child abuse material online as a decade ago’

The amount of child sexual abuse material being found online by expert analysts is fifteen times higher than a decade ago. (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

The amount of child sexual abuse material being found online by expert analysts is fifteen times higher than a decade ago, according to new figures from the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).

The online safety organisation has said its analysts are facing a “tidal wave” of abuse material.