New figures show reports of child abuse images online increased by 50% during lockdown.
The figures from the IWF are likely to renew the debate about how to keep children safe online, after months of parents grappling to limit the time their children spend onlineMother of three young children, Kelly Anderson, started volunteering for the anti-bullying charity, Kidscape, a few months ago in south Wales.Her children have been spending more time online in recent months, to access school work as well as to keep in contact with family and friends.
"Straight away I was able to ask him why he was looking at it. He said his friends had told him it was really good. "Harm could have been lessened, if social networks had done a better job of investing in technology, investing in safer design features heading into this crisis." "The fear is we don't really know the full extent of the impact of this crisis until children start to go back to school in September and disclose to teachers" said Mr Burrows.
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