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- Grooming
- In a recent report about grooming, Thorn discovered that nearly half of all kids online (40%) have been approached by someone who they thought was attempting to “befriend and manipulate” them.
- Reports of online enticement of children increased by 322% between 2019–2023
Crimes against Children Research Center Statistics : Just more than half of youth (530 per 1000) experienced a physical assault. The highest rate of physical assault victimization occurred during between ages six and 12.- Extortion
- Sextortion reports to the FBI increased 1,050% between 2021 and 2023. [fbi source ?]
- 91% of sextortion victims are boys 14–17.
- 70% of these sextortion cases originate from organized groups operating outside the U.S [source ?].
- CSAM
- 1 in 3 of the world’s CSAM victims in 2023 were between ages 7–10 [IWF or thorn go back and check]
- 21% of CSAM imagery reviewed in 2023 involved sexual torture or extreme abuse. [IWF, Annual Data Summary]
- CSAM production is increasingly self-generated: 79% of imagery of 7–10 year olds was recorded on a webcam or phone at home
- AI CSAM [grain of sand - all chatgbt sourced, review]
- The number of AI-generated child abuse images found online increased 10× in 2023–2024. — Internet Watch Foundation, 2024
- 50+ AI tools can generate child sexual abuse imagery with no safeguards. — EUROPOL Innovation Lab Report, 2023
- 1 in 4 law enforcement agencies report encountering AI-generated CSAM in current cases. — EUROPOL, 2024
- SOCIAL ENGINEERING & ONLINE LURING
- Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook were used in more than 70% of online solicitation cases involving minors. — NCMEC, 2023
- 95% of grooming victims did not report it immediately because the offender gained trust or threatened them. — Thorn, 2023
- General stats [compare pre internet exploitation against emerging data]
www.ncmec.org
Thorn Online grooming: What it is, how it happens, and how to defend children
www.ic3.gov
Crimes against Children Research Center Statistics
IWFhotline Online Child Sexual Abuse Reports Analysis | IWF 2023 Annual Report
IWFhotline 'Self-generated' Child Sex Abuse | IWF 2023 Annual Report
Thorn New Thorn Research Examines Youth Experiences and Attitudes about Online Grooming