[pyaamb]

does anyone know if there has been studies showing rise in child sexual exploitation that would warrant something so drastic? I would have imagined it would be lower as society progresses but i do not know. I dont see enough people asking if giving up our personal privacy is really warranted or if we are being mislead. People should be asking for hard proof.

[jgaa]

Child porn was, as far as I remember, made illegal because 2 million children was used in it's production. Now that number is 5 million.

[amanaplanacanal]

Is that five million a year, or five million total, including the original two million? This isn’t saying anything about whether more children are being abused now.

Given how ubiquitous cameras are, I can fully imagine more pictures being taken, though.

[jgaa]

It's just a number taken out of thin air, just like the original 2 million.