Online grooming

Instagram was the most used platform in child grooming crimes during lockdown

Instagram the platform of choice in grooming crimes

Instagram was the most used platform in child grooming crimes during lockdown, research by the NSPCC suggests.

New data shows there were more than 1,200 online grooming crimes recorded against children in the three months from April to June, with the true scale of the problem likely to be much higher.

The figures reveal how Instagram is increasingly being exploited by...