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AIC: New research on child exploitation on online platforms

Link to: Prevalence and predictors of requests for facilitated child sexual exploitation on online platforms

The Australian Institute of Criminology, in collaboration with the eSafety Commissioner, has released a new Trends & issues paper on the prevalence and predictors of requests for facilitated child sexual exploitation on online platforms.

Using a survey of 4,011 Australians, this study examines the prevalence of requests to facilitate child sexual exploitation online.
Of those surveyed, 2.8 percent had received a request to facilitate child sexual exploitation within the past year.

Requests to facilitate child sexual exploitation were more common when individuals shared information about children publicly online. Among these respondents, men, individuals aged 18–34 years, linguistically diverse individuals, individuals with disability, and those who had experienced other sexual or violent harms online were significantly more likely to receive requests to facilitate child sexual exploitation.