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Eden Kamar, Postdoctoral research fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

HISTORICAL FACTS: Online predators target children s webcams study finds | History Defined

Children's webcams are a safety risk. Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank via Getty Images

There has been a tenfold increase in sexual abuse imagery created with webcams and other recording devices worldwide since 2019, according to the the Internet Watch Foundation.

Social media sites and chatrooms are the most common methods used to facilitate contact with kids, and abuse occurs both online and offline. Increasingly, predators are using advances in technology to engage in technology-facilitated sexual abuse.

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