Introduction to the Case Study Collection

The Cyber Trust
Part of the Family Internet Monitoring Project

This collection of case studies explores real-world news stories highlighting how children and young people can be placed at risk through their online activities.

The collection is drawn from real cases investigated by the Cyber Choices team at the National Crime Agency and stories reported in the press.

All of these cases could have been prevented had parents been able to monitor their child's online activity and intervene.



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Story: Online grooming was scariest moment of my life'.

Source: BBC News

 

Danielle was 14 when she was approached on a children's gaming website by a man who told her he was 16.

Now 28 and having waived her right to anonymity, Danielle said her abuser sounded "exactly as a child of my age would have and I didn't have any reason to believe otherwise". 

After he persuaded Danielle to meet him in person, she said: "I got into the car, closed the door and before I knew it we were driving and I saw that he was not in fact 14 or 15 - he was a lot older."
 
See the full story  here.