Rapid Increase of Online Child Sex Abuse

by Frank E. Lamothe, III

The statistics regarding sexual abuse of children are shocking. According to data compiled by the Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault (LaFASA), one in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually victimized by their 18th birthday.

Reports of child sex abuse images online are escalating. Facebook Messenger was responsible for nearly two-thirds of the reports on online abuse in 2018. What can be done about this?

Here’s an article from the New York Times that addresses this issue: An Explosion in Online Child Sex Abuse: What You Need to Know

 

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