1.5 million Pakistani children aged 12–17 face online sexual abuse, study finds
- Nearly 1.5 million Pakistani children aged 12–17 experienced at least one form of technology-facilitated sexual exploitation or abuse in a year, a UNICEF-backed study found.
- The figure means roughly one in every 16 internet-using children in Pakistan faced such abuse.
- Sexual extortion, blackmail and AI-generated abuse were among the emerging forms of online harm identified in the study.
- More than half of affected children did not tell anyone, with fear, stigma and concerns about family repercussions limiting access to support.
Source: telanganatoday.com
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