Utah and other states try to combat increase of child sex abuse online

Photo caption:  (Kholood Eid | The New York Times) Chief Jessica Farnsworth, an official with the Utah attorney general’s office, leads a raid on a suspect’s home in Salt Lake City, July 30. […]

The problem of child sexual abuse gets scant attention because few people want to confront the enormity and horror of the content. […]

The images are horrific. Children, some just 3 or 4 years old, being sexually abused and in some cases tortured. Pictures of child sexual abuse have long been produced and shared, but it has never been like this: Technology companies reported a record 45 million online photos and videos of the abuse last year. […]

Offenders can cover their tracks by connecting to virtual private networks, which mask their locations; deploying encryption techniques, which can hide their messages and make their hard drives impenetrable; and posting on the dark web, which is inaccessible to conventional browsers. […]

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