Parents warned social media is breeding ground for sex abuse among minors: expert

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One in five children are sexually abused before they turn 17, and 16% of them experience abuse online, according to University of New Hampshire data

As children have more and more unfettered access to the internet in the digital age, predators – which increasingly include other children – have more opportunities to groom and exploit unsuspecting kids, experts told Fox News Digital. One in five children will experience sexual abuse before they turn 18, according to advocacy group Saprea.

'What we see sometimes is a child will abuse another child or younger sibling at the request of an adult they met online,' Walsh said of the disturbing trend. 'So while that abuse was technically committed by a child, they were in fact coerced by an older individual.

 

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