An estimated 20 million children aged 12 to 17, or nearly 1 in 5, experienced at least one form of technology-facilitated sexual exploitation and abuse in a single year across 21 countries, according to a UNICEF report https://www.trtworld.com/article/5c727fbbd189
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1 in 5 children in 21 countries face sexual abuse linked to online contact: UNICEF
More than half of the cases occurred on mainstream social media platforms.
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