Surge in online child sex abuse worrying: NGO

The child protection NGO Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE) has been concerned by the increase of child exploitation and the sharing of pornographic pictures of young girls and women via the internet in Cambodia, following the report of 30 such cases in the first quarter of this year.

APLE executive director Samleang Seila told The Post that internet usage among children and youth has increased, particularly mobile internet. This poses a concern as children and youth are not properly educated about safety in using the technology and could face the risk of child sexual exploitation.

“In the first quarter of this year, we received 30 cases, most of them related to spreading and exploiting obscene pictures on the internet.

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