Police say a nine-year-old child was asked to send inappropriate photographs to a stranger on an app.

With kids spending more time at home and online, parents are being advised to keep an eye on their activity and an open dialogue.

'Cappers' typically start talking to kids on popular social media platforms like Snapchat or Instagram, but things can escalate quickly, experts say.

Scottish police have charged 77 people and found more than 30 million pictures of young people being abused during a six-week operation against online child abuse.

Victoria Police Special Victims Unit (SVU) detectives have so far confirmed five victims, whose ages range from 12 to 17 years of age.

The case of three teenage girls being investigated for trying to join Islamic State militants poses vexing questions for U.S. officials about the use of social media by terror groups to recruit people inside the United States, experts said Wednesday.