Thorn , a tech nonprofit founded in 2012, has discovered in a new study revealing pre-teens are sharing nudes online at a disappointing high rate in percentage.  To protect children from online sexual abuse and exploitation, Thorn studies attitudes and behaviors. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Thorn (@thorn) The nonprofit, dedicated to defending children from online sexual exploitation, found that twice as many children between the ages of 9 and 12 reported sending nudes or other Self-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material (SG-CSAM) in 2020 than in 2019.  Thorn's recent study titled "Self-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material: Youth Attitudes and Experiences in 2020" is linked to a few studies focused on monitoring changes in minors' behaviors and attitudes related to SG-CSAM. The company's self-reported data was weighted to age, gender, race, and geography, based on US Census data originating from  2019 . In total, 1,002 children (ages 9-17) participated in a 20-minute...