Social Media Grooming Tactics Used By Exploiters – 2026 update
Online grooming involves deliberate manipulation aimed at children and teens through digital communication. Abusers establish emotional dependence, normalize secrecy, and progress toward sexual exploitation, sextortion, or trafficking. Rapid growth across social platforms has accelerated risk exposure at an unprecedented scale. During the first half of 2025, NCMEC logged over 518,000 reports tied to online enticement, … Read more