{"id":22721,"date":"2026-04-16T07:37:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T05:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/child-victims-of-online-sexual-abuse-in-uk-inadequately-protected-review-finds\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T07:37:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T05:37:34","slug":"child-victims-of-online-sexual-abuse-in-uk-inadequately-protected-review-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/child-victims-of-online-sexual-abuse-in-uk-inadequately-protected-review-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Child victims of online sexual abuse in UK inadequately protected, review finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lack of funding leaving police forces failing to keep pace with two-thirds annual increase in referrals, says report<\/p>\n<p>Child victims of online sexual abuse are being inadequately protected from further harm because police forces are struggling to cope with an increase in this crime, his majesty\u2019s chief inspector of constabulary has warned.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle Skeer said: \u201cWithout investment and coordination, the situation will worsen and children could be put at further risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2026\/apr\/15\/child-victims-online-sexual-abuse-inadequately-protected\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b4fa71951a5b2ad6a5eeda603d856ae47ae7dea3\/426_0_2807_2246\/master\/2807.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=0c8dfb9e44ab4f398b845d4bd47d47f7\" title=\"Child victims of online sexual abuse in UK inadequately protected, review finds\" \/>Lack of funding leaving police forces failing to keep pace with two-thirds annual increase in referrals, says report<br \/>\nChild victims of online sexual abuse are being inadequately protected from further harm because police forces are struggling to cope with an increase in this crime, his majesty\u2019s chief inspector of constabulary has warned.<br \/>\nMichelle Skeer said: \u201cWithout investment and coordination, the situation will worsen and children could be put at further risk.\u201d Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lack of funding leaving police forces failing to keep pace with two-thirds annual increase in referrals, says report Child victims of online sexual abuse are being inadequately protected from further harm because police forces are struggling to cope with an increase in this crime, his majesty\u2019s chief inspector of constabulary has warned. Michelle Skeer said: &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/child-victims-of-online-sexual-abuse-in-uk-inadequately-protected-review-finds\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Child victims of online sexual abuse in UK inadequately protected, review finds<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22721"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}