Overview

• According to Save the Children, 26% of minors have been coerced into sending intimate images and 20% have been blackmailed to share erotic content online.
• The survey found that 97% of respondents experienced some form of sexual violence on social media as minors and 33% had digital contact with adults for sexual purposes.
• Sixty percent of those who had sexual interactions with adults online did not perceive such contacts as risky, underscoring low risk awareness among youth.
• In 2024, Mossos d'Esquadra recorded 51 cases of minors’ recruitment for sexual exploitation and Catalonia reported 814 cybercrimes against children, 71 of them sexual.
• Save the Children is calling for comprehensive digital safety legislation and integrated sexual education as a dedicated minors’ protection bill languishes in Congress.