Chloe Mills

By Chloe Mills Introduction Social media is ever-expanding and creates a way for individuals to communicate with friends and family who live around the world. This also means a predator can find millions of potential child victims with one search. Social media has now provided predators with a seemingly endless supply of prey accessible to them without even leaving their couch. It is estimated that, on average, minors use the internet about seven and a half hours each day. [1] Child sexual...

By Chloe Mills Child pornography, now referred to as child sexual abuse material (CSAM), represents a major area of crime across the nation. According to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, 36.2 million reports related to child sexual exploitation were made to their CyberTipline in 2023. [[1]] This represents a 12% increase from the previous year and a more than 300% increase since 2021. [[2]] Although CSAM has existed for decades, we are now facing a new era of CSAM:...