Reports of Online Child Sexual Exploitation up 45 Percent: Public Safety Canada

Reports of Online Child Sexual Exploitation up 45 Percent: Public Safety Canada
A person uses their computer keyboard to type while surfing the internet in North Vancouver, B.C., in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward
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Reports of online child exploitation have surged by 45 percent in just one year, Public Safety Canada said, urging parents to engage in conversations with their children.

“Open conversations with your kids can close opportunities for predators,” the department said in a Dec. 23 post on the social media platform X, where it shared the figure.