ＳＮＳ起因の子ども被害、１４８６人　不同意性交３倍に―警察庁

　昨年１年間にＳＮＳで知り合った相手から性犯罪などに遭った１８歳未満の子どもは前年比１０．８％減の１４８６人だったことが１３日、警察庁のまとめで分かった。過去１０年で最少で、減少は５年連続。一方、不同意性交事件の被害者は前年の３倍に増えた。
　最多は、性的な写真を送信させられるなどの児童ポルノ事案で、前年比３０．１％減の４１４人。不同意性交は２８７人、不同意わいせつは１０２人で、いずれも前年の３倍だった。２０２３年７月に改正刑法が施行され、処罰要件が明確になったことなどが要因とみられる。（2025/03/13-10:16）

The number of children under 18 who became victims of crimes through social media use in Japan last year dropped 10.8 pct from the previous year to 1,486, the lowest in the past 10 years, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
   Of the total, which decreased for five consecutive years, 414, or the largest group, were victimized by child pornography, such as being forced to send their sexually explicit photos, down 30.1 pct. Children who fell prey to nonconsensual sexual intercourse came to 287 and child victims of nonconsensual indecency totaled 102, both tripling from the previous year, likely due to the revised Penal Code coming into force in July 2023, which clarifies the requirements for punishments.
   By type of social media, crimes took place most frequently through Instagram for the first time, at 461 victims, followed by X, formerly Twitter, at 398 victims, and TikTok, at 82 victims.
   Children who fell prey to crimes through online games came to 98. In some cases, children were victimized by those with whom they became friends in the process of teaming up to play online games and communicated via in-game voice chats.
   The proportion of children victimized through online games among all child victims of social media-linked crimes has increased in recent years, reaching 6.6 pct last year, roughly doubling from 3.1 pct in 2019.