WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Chuck Grassley issued text of the following remark:
Today's hearing will examine the emerging issues involving child online exploitation and the evolving offender.
As technology changes and evolves, so do bad actors who use it to commit all types of crimes. This is especially true in the child exploitation space.
Gone are the days of ordering child exploitation material from overseas by mail. Now, child exploitation material is readily available online through various file-sharing platforms, through direct access to victims and domestic and international websites, and groups such as "764."
Not only has technology changed, but today's online child offender has too.
Today's online offender is more violent, crue...