BRUSSELS: Boys account for nearly a third of online child sex abuse images and often suffer the worst horrors, a new study revealed on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila), suggesting a greater problem than first thought. Interpol and Ecpat, a Bangkok-based international organization fighting child sexual abuse, produced the findings after reviewing more than one million online images and videos. “When boys were depicted in the abuse, it was more likely to be severe,” the report said. Nearly 47 percent of the files in the database portray child victims that have been identified by the authorities while the remainder depict unidentified children. This is a societal problem,” Sellstrom said.

Source: Manila Times March 07, 2018 01:30 UTC