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Re:Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk's X by brightball on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @10:12AM (#46886801)
Agreed. For anyone curious, here's the UK report from the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) from 2023-2024.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cze3p1j710ko

Reports on sextortion, self-generated indecent images, and grooming via social media/messaging apps:

Snapchat 54%

Instagram 11%

Facebook 7%

WhatsApp 6-9%

X 1-2%

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Re:Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk's X by rcpt on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @10:16AM (#46886849)
What are the percentages?
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Re:Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk's X by brightball on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @10:29AM (#46887018)
Edited to add clarification.
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Re:Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk's X by spacemule on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @01:14PM (#46889407)
The meaning of the percentages is still unclear.
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Re:Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk's X by ishouldstayaway on Thursday February 05, 2026 @01:36PM (#46903109)
Read the article they linked to.
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Re:Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk's X by jbenner-radham on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @07:14PM (#46893857)
Are those numbers in the article somewhere? From what I read it says that out of 7,062 cases, the platform was known for only 1,824. Then it says Snapchat accounts for 48% (not 54%). I don't see any other percentages.
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