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<div>NYTimes lengthy report on out of control growth of images of
child sexual abuse highlights encryption and anonymity as premier
tools for avoiding discovery, prosecution and shutdown.<br>
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<div><b>The Internet Is Overrun With Images of Child Sexual Abuse.
What Went Wrong?</b><br>
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<div><i>Online predators create and share the illegal material, which
is increasingly cloaked by technology. Tech companies, the government
and the authorities are no match.</i><br>
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In 1998, there were over 3,000 reports of child sexual abuse
imagery.<br>
Just over a decade later, yearly reports soared past 100,000.<br>
In 2014, that number surpassed 1 million for the first time.</div>
<div>Last year, there were 18.4 million, more than one-third of the
total ever reported.</div>
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<div>And when tech companies cooperate fully, encryption and
anonymization can create digital hiding places for perpetrators.
Facebook announced in March plans to encrypt Messenger, which last
year was responsible for nearly 12 million of the 18.4 million
worldwide reports of child sexual abuse material, according to people
familiar with the reports.</div>
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