📱 Internets Child-Safety Crisis Is Bigger Than Stranger
Published by OOPSONLINE.IN · Source: Devdiscourse · 1 min read · · Updated
What actually happened
An estimated 20 million children aged 12 to 17 across 21 countries experienced at least one form of technology-facilitated sexual exploitation or abuse in a single year, according to UNICEF. The findings point to a problem embedded not only in anonymous corners of the internet, but in mainstream social media, messaging services, gaming environments and relationships children already know and trust.
Key points
- An estimated 20 million children aged 12 to 17 across 21 countries experienced at least one form of technology-facilitated sexual exploitation or abuse in a single year, according to UNICEF.
- The findings point to a problem embedded not only in anonymous corners of the internet, but in mainstream social media, messaging services, gaming environments and relationships children already know and trust.
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