but the nspcc says this is the result of ten years of failed self—regulation.the rules tightened. the government says it is listening, and a forthcoming white paper will clearly set out what responsibilities of social media companies have, and the consequences of shirking them. a damning report has found that problems with the part—privatisation of the probation service in england and wales have cost taxpayers almost £500 million. under the changes, 21 companies were awarded contracts to supervise low— and medium—risk offenders. the national audit office says the government's approach to the reforms meant they were destined to fail. here is our home affairs correspondent danny shaw. they were his flagship reforms when he was justice secretary. they were his flagship reforms when he wasjustice secretary. in 2015, chris grayling split probation between private companies and the national service. he called the process transforming rehabilitation. the aim was to cut reoffending and reduce the cost of crime to society. but the compa ny‘s reduce the cost of crime to

the nspcc has accused social media firms of "ten years of failed self—regulation".d online, some as young as five years old. sexual communication with a child has been a crime since 2017. the charity said since then over 5,000 such crimes were recorded by the police. in one of those cases, a 13—year—old girl exchanged sexual messages on social media with a man who first said he was 16. he picked her up, he took her to woods and had sex with her before disappearing completely from social media. an anonymous tip—off led to his arrest. he was 2a years old and he was jailed for five years. the nspcc said instagram, facebook and snapchat together made up 70% of the cases of online grooming, with instagram being used most. for the period when police first recorded the online platform, instagram was used 126 times to send sexual messages to a child, but that rose to a28 for the same period last year, a threefold rise, and while girls aged 12—15 are the most common targets, one in five victims was aged 11 or under. the figures are hugely concerning. we are looking at thousa

but the nspcc says this is the result of ten years of failed self—regulation.rgest sites here. the sites that have the biggest resources to get on top of this problem are the ones that now have the most significant problem in terms of the number of offences. i think for us at the nspcc, that really underlines that we have seen the social networks simply will not do enough by themselves to protect children who are using their sites. and that's really why now we are calling for the government to step in and commit to statutory regulation. the government says it's listening, and a forthcoming white paper will clearly set out what responsibilities social media companies have, and the consequences of shirking them. ben ando, bbc news. a damning report has found that problems with the part privatisation of the probation service in england and wales have cost taxpayers almost £500 million. under the changes, 21 companies were awarded contracts to supervise low and medium—risk offenders. the national audit office says the government's approach to the reforms, which it

the nspcc has accused social media firms of "ten years of failed self—regulation". please. the macro to put across several freedom of information requests. 39 of them replied, and some didn't. they found that there were several cases of adults using messaging features on social networks to contact children and send them sexual messages. of those 2000 cases, 1300 cases, the police logs which app was used, and they said a third of them, it was instagram. 23%. why instagram? it is very visual, it is picture based, and people can look at pictures and then go straight into the messages. it is obviously very useful, if you are an adult, but it is not good if young people are posting pictures and then getting predatory messages. interestingly, snapchat, which is used by a lot of children, that was only named in 1a% of them, but that is because snapchat does not have the same kind of discovery that instagram has. you can't create a public profile on snapchat, fill it with previous photos in the same way that instagram can. that is why we are seeing less of it on snapchat. t

social media firms are being told to do more to protect children, after data obtained by the nspcc showeding offences were recorded by police in england and wales in the last 18 months. the figures also suggest instagram, facebook and snapchat were used in 70% of cases of sexual communication with a child since it became an offence in april 2017. the charity has accused social media firms of ten years of failed self—regulation. a member of the house of lords has been charged with two counts of attempted rape. south yorkshire police says the former labour peer lord nazir ahmed of rotherham has also been charged with one count of indecent assault. two other men have also been charged. all three men will appear at sheffield magistrates‘ court on 19th march. a damning report has found that problems with the part privatisation of the probation service in england and wales have cost taxpayers almost £500 million. under the changes, 21 companies were awarded contracts to supervise low and medium—risk offenders. the national audit office says the government's approach to the reforms meant they we

also here is tony stower, who is the head of child safety 0nline at the nspcc.ve made the promise of they can't keep it, making the promise means he will take them time, if you can't take them down, don't say you will. the images do not need to be there, i can't see why they are there, i can't see why they are there in the first place. instagram have a huge responsibility to look after people and need to take these down. absolutely right, instagram have a responsibility to users to make sure the content is safe. it is not acceptable for these images to remain when they say they are taking action and making all of the systems and network say. it has not happened yet, it is great they are taking steps, but not enough. their words from the boss, we will not allow any graphic images of self—harm like putting on instagram. we know these images can be incredibly distressing, both to the victims who have self handle might be thinking about it, but also to parents. you mentioned the family of molly russell, who had taken instagram to tass, and my heart goes out to them,

but the nspcc says this is the result of ten years of failed self—regulation.d the consequences of shirking them. i'm nowjoined by andy burrows, associate head of child safety online for charity, the nspcc. a very startling report you have brought out. the government is about to bring out a white paper, what do you want that to say? it is essential when the government publishes its white paper it commits to statutory legislation of the social network site. we would like all social networks to have a legally enforceable duty of care, that sites like instagram should have to identify all of the risks children face on their platforms, grooming, child abuse imagery, and ta ke ste ps grooming, child abuse imagery, and take steps through how they design their sites, to make sure those risks are minimised. is there another country you can look to and say, we want you to do it like this? a few look at germany, they have introduced tough new laws around hate speech. platforms have strict time limits to take down content, and can face punitive fines if they do not comply

the nspcc has accused social media firms of "ten years of failed self—regulation".med online, some as young as five years old. sexual communication with a child has been a crime since 2017. the charity said since then over 5,000 such crimes were recorded by the police. in one of those cases, a 13—year—old girl exchanged sexual messages on social media with a man who first said he was 16. he picked her up, he took her to woods and had sex with her before disappearing completely from social media. an anonymous tip—off led to his arrest. he was 2a years old and he was jailed for five years. the nspcc said instagram, facebook and snapchat together made up 70% of the cases of online grooming, with instagram being used most. for the period when police first recorded the online platform, instagram was used 126 times to send sexual messages to a child, but that rose to a28 for the same period last year, a threefold rise, and while girls aged 12—15 are the most common targets, one in five victims was aged 11 or under. the figures are hugely concerning. we are looking at thou