French police have arrested 310 people suspected of having downloaded images of child pornography on the Internet.
Police said 144 of those detained across France since Monday had admitted they had downloaded pornographic videos of young girls. Some also confessed they had raped or sexually assaulted children.
Around 20 people had been cleared.
Police found 2,100,000 photos and 28,000 pornographic videos during their searches at the suspects' homes.
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Police said the arrests had followed a tip-off from an Italian association for the protection of victims.