"Mr Jones said offenders are collaborating and co-ordinating their activities on the dark web and using the open web as a discovery platform to identify and abuse vulnerable children. (Getty Images) We were dealing with in the region of 500-800 arrests a few years ago, and we are now dealing with 1,000 arrests and 1,200 (child) safeguards every month. To maintain that means a 24/7 effort by the NCA and colleagues in policing, and that gives you a feel for how the threat has grown."
"He described the situation as incredibly damaging, adding: We want society to push back and people to confront their offending that is the opposite of what happens in the online world. Due to the way algorithms drive people with like-minded interests together and because of the way people operate they will be told what they are doing is normal. It will be rationalised and then you will see almost a rad"
Efforts to protect children from online abuse face a growing and critical challenge as children increasingly rely on the internet and gain greater online access. The volume of material and leads from the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children has roughly doubled in three years. Arrests have risen from about 500–800 a few years ago to roughly 1,000 per month, with around 1,200 child safeguards monthly. Offenders collaborate on the dark web and use the open web to find and exploit vulnerable children. Algorithms and online groups can normalise, rationalise and radicalise offending, and continuous policing and stronger action by technology companies are needed.
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