The worst year for child sex abuse online in 2021

Scary statistics affecting our youth this past year. Sharing a few quotes from The Guardian Newspaper article.

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“Internet grooming of children has surged during lockdown, according to new research that found a threefold increase in online sexual abuse imagery featuring seven to 10-year-olds.”

-The Guardian

“Children are being targeted, approached, groomed and abused by criminals on an industrial scale,” said Susie Hargreaves, IWF chief executive. “So often, this sexual abuse is happening in children’s bedrooms in family homes, with parents being wholly unaware of what is being done to their children by strangers with an internet connection.” -The Guardian

Article Published 2022-January-13 | “2021 was worst year on record for online child sex abuse says IWF”

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