Children are reporting online sextortion attempts in record numbers in the UK, as campaigners urge tech companies to do more to stamp out the crime.
The Report Remove service, which allows children to flag intimate images or videos of themselves that have appeared, or could appear, online, said it received 394 reports from under-18s last year of blackmail attempts after sending sexual images to predators. The figure is 34% higher than in 2024.
The report goes on to describe the nature of sextorsion and how increasing numbers of children are being targetted. The report also states that 98% of targetted young people are boys which might surprise some parents as girls are felt to be more vulerable to some form of online abuse.
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