NGO sounds alarm as online child sexual abuse material surges in France

13 May 2026 • 10:40 PM MYT
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Two years ago, French servers hosted just 1 percent of URLs that led to child sexual abuse material, but last year that figure dramatically rose to 7 percent.

France is now the fifth-largest country for such content globally after only Bulgaria, the United States, the Netherlands and Romania.

In Perspective, we spoke to Eglantine Cami, advocacy officer for Cameleon.