CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 29 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
Editor's note: Audio grabs from AFP Commander Helen Schneider are available via Hightail.
The AFP urges parents and carers to use the start of the school year as a prompt to talk to their children about their internet use, especially from during the holidays, and report any inappropriate contact received while online.
Data from the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) shows a spike in reporting of online child sexual exploitation during, and immediately after, school holidays.
In the 2023-24 financial year, the ACCCE received 58,503 reports of online child sexual exploitation, an average of 160 reports per day. This was a 4...