Country Number of children subjected to abuse Percentage of subjected to abuse Tanzania 269998 5.2 Thailand 747785 15.9 Uganda 642262 26.7 Viet Nam 380404 5.3 Sum 14,869,241 Average Percentage 13% Commentary: Across the 21 countries in the study, children’s reported exposure to unwanted sexual content online ranged from 2.8 per cent to 31 per cent, with an overall average of 13 per cent. This demonstrates a wide variation between countries, highlighting that children’s experiences differ substantially across contexts, with similar caveats as in relation to overall prevalence. In all countries where these data were collected, unwanted exposure to sexual content was the most common form of technology-facilitated child sexual abuse. This indicator therefore makes up a considerable proportion of the total estimates presented in Table A01. As this report demonstrates, exposure to sexual content can be a precursor to further sexual exploitation and abuse – a way to desensitize children to sexual content or conversation – and can be part of a deliberate and sustained pattern of abuse that persists over long periods of time. The question specifically asked whether “someone” had exposed the child to sexual content they did not want to see. This wording was intended to exclude non-interpersonal forms of exposure, such as sexualized advertisements, pop-ups or algorithmically served content. Through Children’s Eyes Appendix 52

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