{"id":1969,"date":"2020-10-06T16:51:54","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T13:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ludci.eu\/magazine\/?p=1969"},"modified":"2021-01-07T14:09:25","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T11:09:25","slug":"covid-19-lockdown-increases-chance-for-online-child-sexual-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ludci.eu\/magazine\/covid-19-lockdown-increases-chance-for-online-child-sexual-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Lockdown Increases Chance for Online Child Sexual Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Headline Diplomat eJournal \u2013 Issue 1, Series 2
\nThe perilous lenses of COVID-19: The sociopolitical impact
\nVassilia Orfanou, Editor in Chief, Headline Diplomat, LUDCI.eu
\nThe COVID-19 pandemic has left millions of people locked in their homes for weeks or even months on end. This isolation has left children and sex offenders at home with more opportunities to interact. Schools are shut down and parents spend their days working online leaving more unsupervised time for their children.<\/p>\n

Sex offenders are using this time to groom and exploit children through numerous means including online gaming, online apps, and social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith both children and sexual offenders confined at home, law enforcement authorities have seen in the past few months the amount of child sexual exploitation material shared online increasing globally,\u201d Europol said in a statement to ABC News.
\nCOVID-19 Pandemic Leads to Increased Sexual Content Online
\nSexual predators use the lockdown as an opportunity to seek out children to exploit and to purchase illicit underage sexual content via the dark web and peer-to-peer networks. The lockdown has led to more people visiting illegal sites for the content and...<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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