Safety: Police warn of sex heightened sex threat to children onlineBritish police have said there were at least 300,000 people in the country who posed a sex threat to children, warning that there could be a spike in online offences during the coronavirus lockdown.With schools across the country almost entirely closed and children increasingly using web-based educational resources, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said it knew from online chat that offenders were discussing opportunities to abuse children. Rob Jones, the NCA’s director of threat leadership, said they also wanted tech companies to do more. “Preventing offences occurring is always crucial and now more so than ever when there is masses of online traffic and a possible elevated threat to children,” he said. Read Now »Humans around the world are changing their behaviours due to the threat of the coronavirus pandemic. Urban rodentologist Robert Corrigan says that “sanitation is pest control” - without food, the rats “turn on themselves and they will control their own numbers”.

Source: Standard Digital April 11, 2020 21:00 UTC