Among the darkest places on the internet, worse than those sites that peddle racist nonsense, are those that harbour child exploitation material. Aside from the fact that young lives are being ruined, and surely they are, they attack the very fabric of the family. Children are to be nurtured.

I have been fortunate to never come across any such images in my twenty-five odd years online. But I have come across material that I would consider inappropriate. Sometimes, because I consider it to be a potential gateway to things much worse, I have reported the sites the authorities. I have no idea whether anything will or can be done, or even if my complaints are frivolous.

But it hard for me to stand idly by.