NSW man arrested after allegedly uploading child abuse material to Snapchat – 9News

A 22-year-old New South Wales man has been arrested and charged after allegedly uploading child abuse material to Snapchat.An investigation was launched after the US National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children notified the Australian Federal Police about a Google account that was allegedly used to upload child abuse material to Snapchat, Discord and Dropbox.Investigators executed a search warrant at a Weddin Shire home in the NSW Central West on Tuesday.A NSW man has been arrested over alleged child abuse material. (Australian Federal Police)Police seized a mobile phone which was found to allegedly contain about 200 files of child abuse material, discussions about the abuse of children, and sexualised chats on Snapchat with a person aged under 16.The man was arrested and charged with several child abuse-related offences.If found guilty, he could face a maximum of 15 years in jail.AFP Detective Superintendent Craig Bellis said child sex predators can easily target children through social media platforms.”We encourage parents to know what social media platforms their child is using and implement preventative measures to protect them from child sex predators,” Detective Superintendent Bellis said.”Some tips include having the privacy settings of your child’s social media account set to ‘friends only’ or…
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