> Child safety campaigners have spent years pushing the government to be tougher on tech companies over abuse material that is shared on their apps. > Richard

> Child safety campaigners have spent years pushing the government to be tougher on tech companies over abuse material that is shared on their apps. > Richard Collard, head of child safety online policy at the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, said: “Our polling shows the UK public overwhelmingly support measures to tackle child abuse in end-to-end encrypted environments. Tech firms can show industry leadership by listening to the public and investing in technology that protects both the safety and privacy rights of all users.”