Campaigners want law on online grooming of UK children tightened

Onus on tech companies, government to close loopholes on grooming minors online.

Campaigners working on keeping children safe from cyber-paedophiles say the law has not caught up with the technology.

Last year alone, they documented more than 8,000 offences against children in the United Kingdom – and that number has doubled in the last four years.

They say the government urgently needs to work with tech companies to bring about these changes.

Al Jazeera’s Neave Barker reports from London.