{"id":22623,"date":"2026-04-07T15:37:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/children-in-uk-report-online-sextortion-attempts-in-record-numbers\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:37:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:37:20","slug":"children-in-uk-report-online-sextortion-attempts-in-record-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/children-in-uk-report-online-sextortion-attempts-in-record-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Children in UK report online sextortion attempts in record numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exclusive: Call for nudity-detection tech on phones as number of under-18s reporting blackmail attempts rises by 34%<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2018I felt ashamed and scared\u2019: how an online friendship became a sextortion nightmare<\/a><\/p>\n

Children are reporting online sextortion attempts in record numbers in the UK, as campaigners urge tech companies to do more to stamp out the crime.<\/p>\n

The Report Remove service, which allows children to flag intimate images or videos of themselves that have appeared, or could appear, online, said it received 394 reports from under-18s last year of blackmail attempts after sending sexual images to predators. The figure is 34% higher than in 2024.<\/p>\n

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\nExclusive: Call for nudity-detection tech on phones as number of under-18s reporting blackmail attempts rises by 34%
\n\u2022 \u2018I felt ashamed and scared\u2019: how an online friendship became a sextortion nightmare
\nChildren are reporting online sextortion attempts in record numbers in the UK, as campaigners urge tech companies to do more to stamp out the crime.
\nThe Report Remove service, which allows children to flag intimate images or videos of themselves that have appeared, or could appear, online, said it received 394 reports from under-18s last year of blackmail attempts after sending sexual images to predators. The figure is 34% higher than in 2024. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Exclusive: Call for nudity-detection tech on phones as number of under-18s reporting blackmail attempts rises by 34% \u2022 \u2018I felt ashamed and scared\u2019: how an online friendship became a sextortion nightmare Children are reporting online sextortion attempts in record numbers in the UK, as campaigners urge tech companies to do more to stamp out the …<\/p>\n

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