There has been an "alarming" rise in
child pornography in Italy over the last year, Privacy Watchdog
Pasquale Stanzione said in his annual report Friday.
Child-porn cases rose by around 132% in 2020 over 2019, he said,
while there was a 77% rise in cases of victimization of minors
for grooming purposes, cyber-bullying, digital identity theft
and sextorsion, he said.
Some 68% of teens were witness to cyber-bullying cases last
year, Stanzione said.
"These are alarming data that must demand a collective
assumption of responsibility concerning subjects such as minors
whose vulnerability may make them the chosen victims of web
distortions," he said.
Stanzione said cyber crimes against the young had risen during
the COVID pandemic.
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