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  "id": 5346663,
  "title": "1 in 5 youths targeted by online sexual abuse, UNICEF finds",
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  "summary": "A survey of around 21,000 young people by the UN's agency for children, UNICEF, has found that online sexual abuse of minors is on the rise.",
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        "title": "More than 1 in 4 Kenyan children subjected to tech-facilitated sexual abuse — UNICEF",
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