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The Australian Federal Police says it has blocked 10 websites with domains registered in the Cocos Keeling Islands which it claims were distributing child abuse images and videos.

In a statement on Wednesday, the AFP said it had blocked access on 10 October and since then recorded tens of thousands of attempted visits to these sites.

It said the IP addresses and identities of these individuals would be referred to the law enforcement authorities in their respective countries.

Investigations that led to the block were begun in 2022, the AFP said, adding that the Internet Watch Foundation, an international not-for-profit agency combatting child abuse, had flagged the Cocos Keeling Islands TLD as one of the top 10 worldwide associated with distributing child abuse material.

These videos and images show real children being exploited, physically harmed and traumatised for the perverse gratification of offenders. Each time these files are shared it perpetuates the harm caused to these children, he said.

The image posted on the blocked sites. Courtesy AFP

Australian domain names should not, and will not, be a safe haven for this kind of horrible content.

The AFP will use every tool in its arsenal, from website takedowns to seizing servers and arresting those who provide, access or distribute the material, to help keep children safe.

We will be working to identify the people responsible for creating these sites as well as those who accessed them.

Australian eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant said child sexual exploitation material was present in all corners of the Internet and Australians should report it to eSafety if they encountered such material.

With our partners in law enforcement, we continue to chip away at one of the most distressing and abhorrent violations of human rights: the sexual abuse of children, she said.

This challenge is of epic, global proportions, and I urge all Australians to help eradicate this content by reporting it to eSafety.gov.au. You can report anonymously and should only report the URL, rather than store or screenshot the illegal content."

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