The report notes that, Child sexual abuse is a chronically underfunded issue.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, cases of child sexual exploitation and abuse online have increased.
In the last two years, reporting of child sexual exploitation and online abuse cases has reached its highest level.
According to The Internet Watch Foundation, there is an increase of 77% in child self-generated sexual material in between 2019 to 2020. Such instances arose without any apparent external cause.
As per report, currently, 37% children use tools to detect online grooming.