Last year, Childline delivered more than 2,400 counselling sessions to children and young people about online child sexual abuse and exploitation – an annual increase of 36%. Find out about NSPCC’s new campaign – Shift Ctrl – which highlights how online harm disrupts the everyday lives of young people.
NSPCC are repeating their call for the UK government to take more action in holding tech companies to account.
Their latest analysis shows that between April 2025 and March 2026 their Childline service delivered 2,444 counselling sessions to children and young people about online sexual abuse and exploitation. This is up 36% on the year before. Overall, the service delivered more than 4,321 counselling sessions to children and young people with concerns about online harms – a 30% increase on the year before.