30,000 cases of child sexual abuse material confirmed as reports of illegal content in Ireland surge 30pc
According to the watchdog organisation Hotline.ie, almost 30,000 confirmed reports of child sexual abuse material were received in Ireland last year
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There has been a 30pc annual rise in public reports of illegal content online, including child sexual abuse material (CSAM), according to the latest figures from Hotline.ie, Ireland’s national centre for anonymously reporting illegal online content.
According to the organisation’s annual report, over 40,543 reports were received in 2023 with over 29,906 of the reports confirmed to contain illegal material, primarily child sexual abuse material (29,044) which is often referred to by the legal term of ‘child pornography’.
The organisation said that the rise in self-generated CSAM content was “noted as a troubling trend”.
Included in the figures were 470 reports of intimate image abuse, which includes non-consensual sharing of intimate images, sometimes referred to as ‘revenge porn’.
Hotline.ie said that there was a…
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