Around 65 of the cases were related to exceptionally serious offences, child abuse being livestreamed to an audience of other abusers.
Police across Britain arrested large numbers of child sex abuse suspects.
They warned that livestreaming platforms are increasingly being exploited.
Senior officers called on internet companies to do more to protect children.
British police officers arrested 188 people in a single week over allegations of online child sex abuse — and say that livestreaming platforms are becoming the platform of choice for sex offenders.
Officers reported the spike in arrests after a week of “intensification” which saw forces across the UK swoop on suspects they had been monitoring.
Around 65 of the cases were related to exceptionally serious offences, according to Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA), including many which saw child abuse livestreamed over the internet to an audience of other abusers.
Tech: British police arrested 188 people for online child sex abuse in a single week
