Millions of social media photos found on child exploitation sharing sites

By Lucy Battersby
Updated September 30 2015 - 1:08pm, first published 9:14am
Children's eSafety Commissioner Alastair MacGibbon warns parents that innocent pictures of their kids are ending up on child porn share sites. Photo: Andrew Meares
Children's eSafety Commissioner Alastair MacGibbon warns parents that innocent pictures of their kids are ending up on child porn share sites. Photo: Andrew Meares
Innocent images have ended up in thematically named folders such as "kids at beach".
 Photo: Fiona Morris
Innocent images have ended up in thematically named folders such as "kids at beach". Photo: Fiona Morris

Innocent photos of children originally posted on social media and family blogs account for up to half the material found on some paedophile image-sharing sites, according to Australia's new Children's eSafety Commissioner.

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