Child sexual abuse image sharing on the rise in the midst of COVID-19 lockdowns

Digital Predators As the world went online with the COVID-19 pandemic, police reported a huge increase in the number of people viewing and sharing images of child sex abuse online. In the 1990s, some 10,000 images of child abuse were in circulation; now there are more than 47 million across the world. Subscribe to Journeyman here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures This virtual problem of child abuse imagery has real world implications – addiction to this material can lead people to commit child abuse offences. Meanwhile, website hosts are never doing enough to delete material that is posted online. In the UK, police officers, counsellors and investigators are working hard to stop the ever-expanding proliferation of abuse material. Hear from both victims of perpetrators of abuse in this harrowing investigation. For more information, visit https://www.journeyman.tv/film/8040 Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/journeymanpictures Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JourneymanNews https://twitter.com/JourneymanVOD Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/journeymanpictures Visit our subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/JourneymanPictures/ SBS Australia – Ref. 8040