we also asked the nspcc on, but they said no—one was available. lived in a world where children like lily could do and be whatever they wa nted lily could do and be whatever they wanted to be but without having to reject their body and their sex, their birth sex, and i wish we lived ina their birth sex, and i wish we lived in a world where a female children we re in a world where a female children were not at risk of sexual abuse or physical abuse from male children or male adults, but we do. and so we have to be able to acknowledge that transgender girls are male children with male bodies. hang on. you have made two points. you say you wish we were in a world where someone like lily could be what she was to be. that is exactly what she was to be. that is exactly what doing. without rejecting her sex, she is male sex. she is identifying as a girl. you also bring into that risk of children being abused. she is a little girl. what are you saying? the girl guides policy extends to any child that joins girl guides, so that includes teenagers. adolesce

it's shocking. —— the work done by the nspcc showed that. there was some companies not taking this issue seriously enough. can you name and shame some today? and what would you like companies to do, when it comes to using things like skype and snapchat? i won't name and shame the companies today, that is only because i want to give them the chance to respond to this, to the message that i have set out today. a message that i have set out today. a message not just from britain. message that i have set out today. a message notjust from britain. as i've mentioned, i've discussed this with our five country partners last week in australia and they are all united behind this message. i've asked them to demand this action because we know that they can do it. whatever government does come or whatever regulators still, —— whatever regulators still, —— whatever they do, we won't be as good at technology, we won't understand their platforms as well as they do. they have shown, the example we have used in counterterrorism, they have shown that when they

in a speech at the nspcc headquarters in london mrjavid said that all the agencies need to work togethery companies should do more. what i want to see is a more effective partnership between technology companies, law enforcement, the charity sector and government, so that we can be confident in our response to these types of crimes. i want to lay out action in five main areas. first, i expect technology companies to block child sexual abuse material as soon as companies detect it being uploaded. second, i want them to stop child grooming taking place on their platforms. third, i expect companies to work with us to shut down live streaming of abuse. as a starting point we will be making £250,000 available to support new ideas on how to detect and disrupt the live streaming of abuse. fourth, i want companies to be much more forward leaning in helping law enforcement agencies deal with these types of crimes. and fifth and finally, i want to see a greater level of openness and transparency, and a willingness to share best practice and the best technology between these different technology co

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we can speak now to tony stower, who is head of child safety 0nline at the nspcc.he numbers are so significant that it could be higher. what we do know is the approach we have taken across law enforcement in the uk over the last few years is the most robust anywhere in the world, we arrest on average 400 offenders every month, just reviewing indecent imagery, we are safeguarding 500 plus children every month and we have really been very robust in our response to the threat that the problem is the numbersjust threat that the problem is the numbers just keep growing, the threats keep changing, so the greatest threat to children from our perspective is around grooming and the online streaming of abuse, which is why it is so important that we go to the root of the cause and because, from my perspective, is very much around the technology companies, the facilities they provide and that they have a social and moral responsibility to make sure children can go online safely, that people can't upload indecent images of children and can't share them. the technology exists. i