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One in five children in 21 nations faced tech-facilitated sexual abuse: UNICEF

About 20 million children aged 12 to 17 – one in five across 21 countries – were sexually exploited by perpetrators using technology such as social media, according to a UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) report released on Thursday.
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