Websites Selling Child Sex Abuse Doubled in 2025, Watchdog Says

The number of websites illegally selling access to child sex abuse images more than doubled last year, according to new research from the UK authority tasked with finding and removing such material from the internet. The report underscores worsening online abuse distribution and likely increases pressure on regulators and law enforcement, but it is not a market-moving financial event.

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The number of websites illegally selling access to child sex abuse images more than doubled last year, according to new research from the UK authority tasked with finding and removing such material from the internet. The report underscores worsening online abuse distribution and likely increases pressure on regulators and law enforcement, but it is not a market-moving financial event.