How Kids’ Pics Are Going From Social Networks to Porn Sites

Technology has made things a whole lot easier for child predators and pornography sites. It turns out they’re getting much of their material straight from kids’ online accounts. A new study found that 88% of sexual or suggestive images — taken and uploaded to social networks by children and young people themselves — are ending up on porn websites. The Internet Watch Foundation spent 47 hours (over four weeks) monitoring sexually explicit images and videos uploaded to the Internet by children and young adults. During the period, the Internet safety organization logged 12,224 images on 68 various “social network sites.” Read the full story at Mashable.