Interesting study

[link to yle.fi (secure)]

"A new study by a Finnish NGO suggests that most of those who view CSAM (child sexual abuse material) online started to do so when they were children themselves.

Protect Children, a Finnish NGO working to protect children from sexual violence, conducted the study on the dark web. Nearly 8,500 CSAM users around the world responded to the NGO's survey called ReDirection.
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Survey results found that 40 percent of those who view CSAM online seek out kids in real life after looking at images. Some 60 percent of respondents said they feared that looking at CSAM would lead them to perpetrate sexual acts on children.

Some 45 percent of respondents admitted to watching live streaming of child sex abuse.

"I haven't tried to stop [looking at images] because I don't know where I can get help," one respondent said."