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Sexual grooming is the action or behavior used to establish an emotional connection with a vulnerable person – generally a minor under the age of consent [1] [2] – and sometimes the victim's family, [3] to lower their inhibitions with the objective of sexual abuse.
When children can use the Internet without supervision, there is more room for potential abuse. Online grooming itself can be driven by a variety of things. Most common is the use of online grooming to build a trusting relationship with a child in order to engage in either online or in-person sexual acts.
Articles relating to child grooming, befriending and establishing an emotional connection with a minor under the age of consent, and sometimes the child's family, to lower the child's inhibitions with the objective of sexual abuse.
A former Leesburg High School student alleged he was groomed in high school and during his time in the Elder Council, a "cult-like" group.
The term pedocriminality (De: Pädokriminalität; Fr: pédocriminalité) is a controversial term which originated in the 1980s and has been used by organisations such as UNICEF, UNHRC, the World Health Organization [186] and the Council of Europe [187] to refer to child sexual abuse and sexual violence used against children, [188] [189] child ...
The NSPCC has called for the Online Safety Bill to be further strengthened to more actively tackle the online sexual abuse of children.
In the UK, high profile media coverage of child sexual abuse has often focused on cases of institutional and celebrity abuse, as well as offences committed by groups, also known informally as grooming gangs. Child sexual abuse has been reported in the country throughout its history. [1]
In hidden communities and chat rooms, adults have used the platform to groom children before abducting them, trade child sexual exploitation material (CSAM) and extort minors whom they trick into ...