Police in England and Wales recorded 1,944 incidents of sexual communication with children in the six months to September 2018, the NSPCC said. Instagram was used in 32% of the 1,317 cases where a method was recorded, Facebook in 23% and Snapchat in 14%. Instagram and Facebook said they “aggressively” fought grooming, while Snapchat said it was “unacceptable”. Following pressure from campaigners, sexual communication with a child became an offence in April 2017.
Source: Reuters
