Paedophiles can now use an array of mobile and online tools -- including social networks, video-sharing sites, and the dark web -- to direct and watch child rape and sexual abuse with anonymity, experts warn. Last year a report by the Internet Watch Foundation found online child abuse imagery had increased by a third in 2017. - Death penalty -In March, a teacher was arrested and charged in his native France with rape, abuse of minors and possession of child pornography. The National Crime Agency (NCA) estimates 80,000 people in the UK present some kind of sexual threat to children online. In hyperconnected Vietnam, foreign paedophiles are increasingly targeting young victims online, often on social media.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 17, 2019 11:26 UTC