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A Warning From Britain: I Was Nearly Groomed At 11. Surveillance Won’t Save Girls Like Me

When I was eleven years old, an older man tried to groom me online. I didn’t tell my parents, and I didn’t report it. Instead, driven by the confused, often dangerous curiosity kids have at that age, I made a fake Facebook profile pretendin

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A Warning From Britain: I Was Nearly Groomed At 11. Surveillance Won’t Save Girls Like Me
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When I was eleven years old, an older man tried to groom me online. I didn’t tell my parents, and I didn’t report it.

Instead, driven by the confused, often dangerous curiosity kids have at that age, I made a fake Facebook profile pretending to be thirteen. Soon enough, I was talking to men who ...

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