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posted ago by SuddenRealization ago by SuddenRealization +132 / -0

Read this, this is crazy! Look at that increase in tips!

https://notthebee.com/article/authorities-arrest-141-in-southern-california-online-child-sex-abuse-sting

Key piece:

The arrests followed an increase in online child sexual abuse reports, which coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic.

"When we first started in 2004, we started LAPD's ICAC because we received 458 tips that year," Capt. Jeff Bratcher told the Los Angeles Times. "In 2019 that number rose to 8,500. In 2020, 2021, both years, were over 24,000. This year so far, we're over 25,000, so we should end the year with over 36,000 cybertips. And each one of these tips was one more potential child victim."