A new law will seek to cover a loophole which means that paedophiles who ask children to send them explicit selfies online could face up to two years on prison.
It comes as part of a raft of new measures unveiled by the government today as part of an international crackdown tackling child sexual exploitation.
More than two million graphic images of child sexual abuse will be wiped from the internet as part of the latest drive to crack down on the "sickening and depraved" crime, the Prime Minister is expected to announce today.
A specialist taskforce run by the National Crime Agency and intelligence base GCHQ will be created to target the most sophisticated high-tech methods to try to stay under the radar while sharing horrific pictures and videos of abuse.
This includes an increasing number of people turning to the 'dark net' to hide their identities.
David Cameron has vowed the unit will hunt down abusers and paedophiles with the same rigour used in tackling suspected terrorists.
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New laws will seek to cover a loophole which can allow online paedophiles to request explicit selfie pictures from children