Culture secretary says sexual abuse of children on apps like Tinder and Grindr is “shocking”Ī Grindr spokesperson told PinkNews that it is “saddened” by The Sunday Times’ investigation and that the dating app was taking steps to remove underage users. The paper received FOI responses from 10 out of the UK’s 46 police forces. In one incident, an eight-year-child from Lincolnshire sent photos of a “sexual nature” to a paedophile and had a “sexual conversation” with him after being groomed on an unnamed dating app, reports the newspaper. The Sunday Times also found that there 60 further cases of child sex offences using online dating services, including violent sexual assault, kidnapping and grooming, according to police documents seen by the paper following Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. The 13-year-old boy from Yorkshire was reportedly contacted by men on dating apps he had signed up to, including Grindr and Badoo. The national newspaper revealed that detectives have investigated over 30 cases of child rape in the UK since 2015, where the underage victims were first contacted on dating apps like Tinder and Grindr. A 13-year-old boy on Grindr was raped or sexually abused by at least 21 men, according to an investigation by The Sunday Times.
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