Website got more than 300 reports of online child abuse in 2014

More than 300 cases of online child abuse were confirmed last year by a website used to report illegal content on the internet.

Website got more than 300 reports of online child abuse in 2014
Thu, 14 May, 2015 - 14:14

More than 300 cases of online child abuse were confirmed last year by a website used to report illegal content on the internet.

Hotline.ie, a site that provides an anonymous facility for internet users to report suspected illegal content, received almost 5,000 complaints in 2014.

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