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Child sexual abuse in the UK is soaring, police have said, with 1,000 paedophile suspects being arrested each month and the number of children being rescued from harm rising by 50% in the last five years.

The National Crime Agency said the growth in offending across the UK was driven by technology and linked to the radicalisation of offenders in online forums, encouraging people to view images of child sexual abuse by reassuring them it was normal.

Most contact with children happened on mainstream social media platforms, with algorithms pushing paedophilic material to people who have shown a previous interest in it.

The significant increase in every measure “really worries us”, said Rob Jones, the NCA’s director general of operations.

Leads about people interested in sexually abusing children had risen tenfold in a decade, he said, with 1,200 children a month being safeguarded.

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[–] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 13 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Most contact with children happened on mainstream social media platforms, with algorithms pushing paedophilic material to people who have shown a previous interest in it.

What if we lived in a society which offered these people counciling instead of CSAM

[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 8 points 15 hours ago

What if we regulated the social media companies and outlawed algorithmic radicalisation?

[–] couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip 2 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Well, how many counselors do you have?

[–] Killer57@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 hours ago (2 children)
[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 4 hours ago

And the numbers are definitely higher than that, because most people aren't going to admit they're pedophiles to a survey.

I just don't get it. At 23 I had to break up with my 18yo girlfriend after like a month because "awesome, 18 year old tail" very quickly became, "she's still a child, I feel gross."

[–] couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 hours ago

Well we'd have to know how many hours it takes to 'turn' a pedophile

My guess is it's about as difficult as it is to turn a heterosexual person gay

[–] Muscle_Meteor@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 12 hours ago

City or phsychological?