The Telegraph: M
Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram accounted for almost three-quarters of the cases with sexual predators targeting children through a total of 80 different sites, apps or platforms, according to the figures obtained from police forces by the NSPCC. They youngest victim was just five years old.
The 3,171 offences are more than 50 per cent higher than the NSPCC expected in the first year based on what happened after similar legislation on sexual communication with a child was introduced in Scotland. A fifth of the cases involved children under 10.
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