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Child sexual abuse material vs ‘child porn’: why language matters
Source: Internet Watch Foundation(IWF) published on this website Friday 4 July 2025 by Jill Powell
In 2024, the Internet Watch Foundation confirmed 291,273 reports of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online, the highest number ever recorded. That’s nearly 800 reports a day, each containing content that shows the sexual abuse of a child.
Yet the phrase often still used to describe thi...
Read More..........Photographer jailed after sexually assaulting two models
Source: Attorney General's Office published on this site Thursday 3 July 2025 by Jill Powell
Wayne Glover-Stuart [36] from Chiswick, West London, has had his suspended sentence overturned and jailed for three years after the Solicitor General Lucy Rigby KC MP referred his case to the Court of Appeal.
The court heard that Glover-Stuart, a former theatre producer, invited two men on se...
Read More..........Ofsted publishes research on vulnerability commissioned from the National Children’s Bureau
Source: Ofsted published on this website Wednesday 2 July 2025 by Jill Powell
Ofsted has today published a research report it commissioned from Research in Practice at the National Children’s Bureau (NCB). Research in Practice undertook an evidence review to explore key messages from policy and research before holding 2 phases of stakeholder focus groups. Over 400 participants...
Read More..........Amnesty launched as part of mission to halve knife crime
Source: Home Office published on this website Tuesday 1 July 2025 by Jill Powell
With the support of Word 4 Weapons and FazAmnesty, young people will be able to anonymously hand in any weapons to surrender bins or a purpose-built and fully secure van, across London, Greater Manchester and West Midlands – the 3 highest areas for knife crime in England.
Part of the government’s most ambitious surr...
Read More..........Essential guidance on AI generated child sexual abuse material launched Friday 27 June 2025
Source: Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) published on this website Monday 30 June 2025 by Jill Powell
A new guide from the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and National Crime Agency (NCA) warning about a rise in the abuse of AI to create nude and sexual imagery of children has been issued to professionals working with children and young people to help them address the evolving threat. &nb...
Read More..........UK’s major porn providers agree to age checks from next month
Source: Ofcom published on this website Friday 27 June 2025 by Jill Powell
Children in the UK will gain increased protection from online pornography next month, Ofcom has announced, as major providers agree to bring in robust methods to check users’ age for the first time.
By 25 July, all sites and apps that allow pornography – whether they are dedicated adult sites or social media, search or ga...
Read More..........Criminal who laundered money for romance scammers jailed
Source: Crown Prosecution Service (CPR) published on this website Thursday 26 June 2023 by Jill Powell
A man who laundered more than a million pounds gained from a sophisticated romance fraud operation that devastated vulnerable victims has been jailed.
Ahmed Ali Suleman, 63, was prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) following an investigation by the National Crime Agency (NCA)...
Read More..........£1.6m lost to gig ticket scams as public urged to take caution
Source: Home Office published on this website Friday 25 June 2025 by Jill Powell
Yesterday on the eve of Glastonbury, British music lovers are being urged to take caution over last-minute tickets for sale on social media, after new figures revealed that the amount lost to ticket fraud more than doubled to £1.6m in 2024.
The government has issued the warning as part of its wider crackdown on scam...
Read More..........Insight from Ofsted’s investigations of unregistered schools
Source: Ofsted published on this website Tuesday 24 June 2025 by Jill Powell
As part of a review of how Ofsted produce statistics, we plan to publish short commentaries that explore different aspects of our published data on unregistered schools investigations.
This commentary discusses the findings from Ofsted’s work investigating suspected unregistered schools since 2016.
The statistics ...
Read More..........New quishing alert: £3.5 million lost last year to fraudulent QR codes
Source: Action Fraud published on this website Monday 23 June 2025 by Jill Powell
A new alert has been issued by Action Fraud, warning about quishing, a form of phishing where a fraudulent QR code is scanned, designed to steal personal and financial information. The warning encourages people to stay vigilant and double check QR codes to see if they are malicious, or have been tampered with, befor...
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