Sites reported record 29.3m child abuse images in 2021
by Alex Hern UK technology editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#5XEZF)
Rise of 35% on previous year may represent improvement on the part of platforms, says nonprofit centre
A record 29.3m items of child abuse imagery were found and removed across the internet in 2021, according to data from the US nonprofit organisation in charge of coordinating reports on the matter.
The figure released by the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) is a 35% increase from 2020.
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