I know that this is a crushing topic to read but it applys to everyone who uses the internet.if it helps just one child then its all worth it, we all have to do our bit to end this appauling abuse of children…please read and pass on ..thanks .x
One in 20 Interent users have stumbled across images of child abuse.
About 1.5 million adult Web surfers have been exposed to such photos, which increasingly feature the most severe forms of abuse. And nearly one in three children in sexually abusive images appears to be children under six.
Most of the children are girls, a child abuse charity added.
The figures were revealed as Internet companies – AOL, Tiscali, Yahoo!and MSN – joined forces on monday to mark the first Internet Watch Foundation awareness day.
The organisation, which monitors suspicious images of child abuse, said that while the number of British sites hosting images are now almost zero, it had reported more than 2,000 foreign- based sites to police so far this year.
About 35 per cent of those sites contained severe images of abuse, such as child rape or bestiality.
IWF spokeswoman Sarah Robertson said; ‘We can only presume that reflects the demand amongst offenders for purchasing more and more severe content’.
Information on what to do if you come across a suspicious image can be found at http://www.iwf.org.uk she added.
