1 in 12 children globally subject to online sexual abuse: Lancet study

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Researchers from the University of Edinburgh, UK, and China Agricultural University reviewed 123 studies conducted between 2010 and 2023, and found that one in eight children globally are affected by image-based sexual abuse on the internet.

About one in every 12 children around the world were subjected to online sexual abuse in the past year, according to a study published in The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health journal.

"One in 12 children globally have been subjected to at least one form of online sexual exploitation or abuse in the past year," the authors wrote.

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