Ofcom has today proposed concrete measures that tech firms should take to tackle online harms against women and girls, setting a new and ambitious standard for their online safety.

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A catfishing paedophile jailed for targeting more than 30 children online has had his sentence increased.

Daniel Lee, 29, solicited sexual photos and videos from girls as young as 12 on social media and pretended to be a teenage girl to get images from boys, Newcastle Crown Court heard.

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Predators who create sexually explicit ‘deepfakes’ could face prosecution as the Government bears down on vile online abuse.

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Stalking victims are set to be given improved protection from their abusers under newly revealed government proposals.

Additional rights for those who have been stalked include knowing the identity of online stalkers as soon as possible, the Home Office said.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper pledged the government will use "every tool available" to take power away from abusers.

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The messaging app Snapchat is the most widely-used platform for online grooming, according to police figures supplied to the children's charity the NSPCC.

More than 7,000 Sexual Communication with a Child offences were recorded across the UK in the year to March 2024 - the highest number since the offence was created.

Snapchat made up nearly half of the 1,824 cases where the specific platform used for the grooming was recorded by the police.

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Chatbot versions of the teenagers Molly Russell and Brianna Ghey have been found on Character.ai - a platform which allows users to create digital versions of people.

Molly Russell took her life at the age of 14 after viewing suicide material online while Brianna Ghey, 16, was murdered by two teenagers in 2023.

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