Coronavirus: Fears over online grooming of children in lockdown

Name: Coronavirus: Fears over online grooming of children in lockdown
Uploaded: 2020-06-10T16:00:40.000Z
Duration: 2 min 43 s
Description: The BBC has seen some of the online messages received by an investigator who poses as a 14 year old girl online.

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Britain’s top police officer dealing with online grooming says he fears a huge rise in cases during lockdown, when children have been alone and vulnerable online.

The BBC spoke to an internet safety campaigner and investigator who poses as a 14-year-old girl online, about the attempted grooming she has encountered.

10 June 2020