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Percentage of internet-using children subjected to technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation and abuse, by region: Europe and Central Asia Eastern and Southern Africa Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda Armenia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia 8% 18% 27% 19% Latin America and the Caribbean Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico Southeast Asia Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam Through Children’s Eyes How does digital technology enable sexual exploitation and abuse? 18

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Through Children’s Eyes: How Digital Technologies Enable Child Sexual Abuse

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Date Published: Sep 2, 2026

Abstract: Across 21 countries, an estimated 20 million children aged 12 to 17 – about 1 in 5 of the internet-using children in these countries – were sexually exploited or abused through digital technologies in a single year. They were targeted on digital platforms they used every day, sometimes by someone they already knew, and sometimes by someone they first met online. Many of these children did not seek help: less than 1 per cent of cases were reported to the police, a social worker or a helpline, and more than 4 in 10 cases were disclosed to no one at all. Children subjected to these forms of abuse were four times more likely to have suicidal thoughts and behaviours, four times more likely to self-harm and reported anxiety levels around 11 percentage points higher than their peers. The associations are deeply concerning, and these profound impacts can extend well beyond the immediate incident, affecting children’s schooling, relationships and everyday lives

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