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Fb-owned apps, together with WhatsApp and Instagram utilized in over half of on-line grooming instances in England and Wales

New research from a children’s charity has warned that grooming crimes increased via 10 % to one,220 in the direction of the 3 months of lockdown, with more than half happening on apps owned via the tech giant Fb.
New research from a children’s charity has warned that grooming crimes increased by 10 percent to 1,220 during the three months of lockdown, with more than half taking place on apps owned by the tech giant Facebook.

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