During the course of Hunting The Online Sex Predators, James Blake, a digital influencer from Northern Ireland, meets victims and speaks to officials from across the globe, including the US, the UK and the Philippines.
At the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children in Washington DC, he meets UK National Crime Agency officer Andy, and learns that they get around 100,000 reports of harmful content on social media reported to them every day.
“As someone who has grown up online and works in social media, I would say I am savvy about the digital world, but I had no idea how organised and cruel cybersex crime is, or about the incredible work that is being done worldwide to combat it,” he said.
He learns there that, according to Filipino government data tracking online transactions, men from the UK are some of the biggest consumers of online content exploiting children.
The programme focuses on cybersex crime, which can range from online grooming to using sexual pictures and video to blackmail a victim, and the livestreaming of the sexual abuse of children.
