The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) said this was despite thousands of complaints from computer users, including 2,700 in the last year alone. IWF chief executive Susie Hargreaves admitted the watchdog has been largely powerless to act against the tide of extreme pornography.

Police are under pressure to treat the worst pornography in the same way as child abuse images which are investigated by dedicated teams with substantial resources.

And ISPs such as Virgin Media, BT Broadband, AOL and Sky are under fire for failing to protect vulnerable children from being confronted by shocking images available at the click of a mouse.

The Church of England, which wields significant financial clout on the markets, is reviewing investments worth tens of millions.

It refuses to invest in firms which fuel the very problems Christians are trying to tackle and has already leaned heavily on supermarkets to be more responsible in the way they sell alcohol.

A Church spokesman said members of its ethical investment advisory group are considering new guidelines on pornography which take into account how easy it is to access with modern media. Campaigners claim the seemingly unstoppable flood of hard-core and violent pornography is corroding the very fabric of society.

They criticised the apparent failure of laws introduced in 2009 to outlaw images of rape, torture and extreme sexual violence as well as bestiality and necrophilia.

Anyone caught visiting such websites to view ‘violent and extreme’ pornography was threatened with up to five years in jail and an unlimited fine.

But officials admitted they expected to see only a small number of prosecutions and no extra funding was made available for a proactive police response.
The policy is in stark contrast to inquiries into the use of child-abuse images which are the responsibility of specially trained teams.

Liz Longhurst, who led the fight for a new law, said she was disappointed that there have been few prosecutions and attacked the recklessness of internet companies.

Her daughter, Jane, 31, was murdered in 2003 by Graham Coutts who, like Tabak, was obsessed with violent strangulation pornography.

She said: 'The internet service providers have so much to answer for. They go on about freedom, but for goodness sake where was Jane's freedom?

'The police should make it routine that if somebody is accused of murder or a serious attack they should investigate if this stuff is on their computer.'

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