1.5 million Pakistani children face online sexual abuse, exploitation in a year: Study
About 1.5 million internet-using children in Pakistan experienced at least one form of technology-facilitated sexual exploitation or abuse in a single year, according to a new study.
The study published jointly by UNICEF, ECPAT International and Interpol in September challenges the perception that online abuse is mainly perpetrated by strangers, the Dawn newspaper reported.
In 85 per cent of the incidents cited by children, the perpetrator was someone they already knew. Social media accounted for 44 per cent of reported instances of abuse, making it the most commonly reported digital setting.
