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New laws to tackle online paedophiles who use the 'dark net'

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.

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PM: 'Every single child sex abuse image is a crime scene'

The Prime Minister has warned people who browse child abuse images that what is illegal in the offline world is also illegal in the online world.

Every single one of these images is a crime scene.

– David Cameron

Speaking at a summit in London today, Mr Cameron added that new laws had been drawn up to ban 'paedophile training manuals', meaning anyone caught in possession of material which offers advice on carrying out child sex abuse, or concealing their online activity relating to such, will face jail.

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