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21.3 million reports in a year: what NCMEC’s 2025 CyberTipline data shows about risks to children
Reports of online enticement rose 158% and child sex trafficking reports 323%. The figures are a record of what was reported, which is not the same as a measure of how often children are harmed.
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Significant developments in child protection worldwide, reported from attributed sources: platform changes, new research, laws and decisions that affect children’s safety.
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21.3 million reports in a year: what NCMEC’s 2025 CyberTipline data shows about risks to children
Reports of online enticement rose 158% and child sex trafficking reports 323%. The figures are a record of what was reported, which is not the same as a measure of how often children are harmed.
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AI-generated abuse videos rose more than 260-fold in a year, the Internet Watch Foundation reports
The UK hotline confirmed 3,443 AI-generated child sexual abuse videos in 2025. Its data also shows sextortion cases more than doubling, almost all of them against teenage boys.