Surge in people seeking help to stop viewing child abuse images

More than 36,000 people contacted Stop it Now! child protection charity in UK last year

The number of people seeking help to stop viewing child abuse images has risen by 40%, figures suggest.

Data from the Stop it Now! campaign, run by the Lucy Faithfull Foundation child protection charity, showed 36,443 people contacted the scheme in 2017. This was up from the 26,089 potential offenders who sought help in the previous 12 months.

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