Technology giants and social media firms have 'failed' in attempts to prevent access to child sex abuse images, allowing for 'an explosion in online-facilitated' crimes against children, an inquiry has found. It also heard how live-streaming websites were 'enabling' paedophiles to widely share videos of child sexual abuse by failing to effectively combat the threat. The pledges range from stopping existing and new child sex abuse material appearing on platforms to taking steps to stop the live streaming of abuse, and identifying and stopping grooming and predatory behaviour. It said: 'Industry has failed to do all it can to prevent access to images of child sexual abuse. The report concludes the latest strand of the inquiry, which has also focused on the role of the political establishment in dealing with allegations of child sexual abuse.

Source: Daily Mail March 12, 2020 19:18 UTC