The NSPCC found 22% of all 1,944 grooming offences recorded by British police forces over a six-month period last year took place on Instagram.
The timing of the findings is awkward for Facebook's social network, which is facing questions about child safety and the threat of more aggressive regulation.That's according to figures published on Friday by British children's charity, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children , which were obtained from 39 police forces under Freedom of Information laws.
Police also broke down which online platforms were used by groomers across 1,317 cases. Predatory behavior on Instagram made up 32% of these cases, ahead of Facebook and Snapchat, which were used in 23% and 14% of child grooming instances respectively. The timing of the findings is awkward for Instagram. It comes amid growing fears for the safety of young people on its platform, as well as an increasingly hostile regulatory environment.Facebook and Google will be punished with giant fines in the UK if they fail to rid their platforms of toxic content
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