UK Online Environment Not Safe for Children, Crime Agency Head Warns The head of Britain's FBI equivalent, the National Crime Agency, has warned that the online environment is not safe for children, as rocketing reports of child abuse on social media and gaming platforms have reached alarming levels. The head of Britain's FBI equivalent, the National Crime Agency, has warned that the online environment is not safe for children, as rocketing reports of child abuse on social media and gaming platforms have reached alarming levels. Graeme Biggar, the head of the National Crime Agency, has spoken out amid terrifying figures revealing up to 900 cases of suspected child sexual exploitation are flagged every day. The crime agency boss has said that the online world is not safe for children, with around 75 suspected child abuse images posted to Instagram each day, and 100 on Snapchat daily.He has also warned that the country has 'already failed two generations of teenagers' by abandoning them to the dangers of social media without any form of safety net. The NCA receives an average of 400 reports a day regarding the abuse of British children, a fourfold increase in just seven years. While the majority of threats come from adults, some of the pictures and videos will be posted by fellow teenagers who the victims may consider their friends.The reports include instances of child pornography and predators enticing children to carry out sexual acts or sending them obscene material. Other material flagged includes suspected sexual molestation and child sexual trafficking. The NCA director-general has released the alarming breakdown of child abuse reports for the first time because he believes it should represent a turning point. Investigators are overwhelmed by the sheer volume of reports, with the figure rocketing to 900 a day on some occasions.In comparison, there were an average of 840 reports a week in 2022. The true scale of abuse is likely to be even higher as these incidents are only those detected by the tech companies themselves. On some social media platforms which have implemented end-to-end encryption, tech giants have 'blinded' themselves to the scale of the problem as they can no longer view users' messages, Mr Biggar said.He believes that Facebook is putting lives in danger after its decision to encrypt messages led to a 50 per cent drop in child sexual abuse being reported on its platform. The NCA director-general has also said that the country needs to call out the scale of the problem, and that the tech giants need to do more to prevent the abuse of children online.The warning comes as Meta faces a landmark US trial brought by 29 states alleging that Facebook and Instagram were designed to be addictive to children and that the company collected minors' data unlawfully