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• More children were being exposed to unwanted sexual content and cyber bullying, yet there was a decrease in the number of sexual solicitations.
  
• A total of 34 percent of those children surveyed reported they saw sexual material online as compared to 25 percent five years prior.
  
• There was an increase of sexual material being presented to children despite the use of Internet filtering, blocking and other monitoring software being used by their parents at home.
  
• Online harassment increased 3 percent from the survey conducted in 2000.
  
• Four percent of children received aggressive solicitation from adults who attempted to meet the children in person, compared to 3 percent in 2000.
  
• Four percent of the children surveyed reported that online solicitors requested nude photos of them
  
• Acquaintances were major players in unwanted online solicitations, which included harassment; 14 percent were from off-line friends as compared to 3 percent reported in 2000.

Online Harassment
One of the biggest changes in the report was the increase in harassment online from off line acquaintances. Harassment could take several forms, from sending threatening or sexually explicit emails to the dissemination of erroneous information on websites such as MySpace. This supports the idea that cyber bullying is playing a larger role in the youth culture.

Online Solicitations
One of the more interesting statistics taken from the 2007 Internet safety statistics for children report was the very slight increase (1 percent) in the number of online solicitations leading to meetings in person with children. One would expect due to media reports that online predators were making more headway than cyber bullies were in online harassment.