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David Cameron has called for "more action" from web companies to rid the internet of images of child sex abuse.
It "twists minds and is... a danger to children", the PM said in a statement.
Ahead of a government meeting with internet companies later this month, he said: "The time for excuses and blame is over - we must all work together."
In two recent murder trials, the killers of five-year-old April Jones and Tia Sharp, 12, were revealed to have viewed abusive images of children.
Research by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) has suggested more than half of those who view child abuse images go on to commit abuse themselves.
Mr Cameron's statement said he was "sickened by the proliferation of child pornography".
"Internet companies and search engines make their living by trawling and categorising the web. So I call on them to use their extraordinary technical abilities to do more to root out these disgusting images."
He said there were "encouraging signs that the industry is willing to step up, increasing funding and technical support for organisations combating child sexual abuse imagery online.
"But I want more action," he said. "The safety of our children is at stake - and nothing matters more than that."
Zero-tolerance
Some campaigners want web search engines to default to the safest option - blocking access to legal as well as illegal sexual images.
This would force people to register to access such material, likely deterring many from doing so, it is argued.
But it has been suggested that some internet companies are reluctant to change their search settings, fearing a competitive disadvantage as users are driven to sites unwilling to change their policy.
One of the biggest internet companies, Google, says it has a zero-tolerance attitude on child sexual abuse images.
It says it always removes them when it is made aware, and reports the incident to the relevant authorities.
Google and other internet companies, such as BT, have been summoned to a meeting with the Culture Secretary Maria Miller and the prime minister's adviser, Tory MP Claire Perry, on 17 June.
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