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by 15characterslon 1607 days ago
According to statista, the UK has about 14 million residents younger than 20 years, so they're just counting everyone as a potential victim.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/281208/population-of-the...

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But NCMEC is a US organisation, not a UK one.

Edit: I assume they use that since they are focused on social media companies, which are almost entirely US based.