Investigator warns that Facebook is major location for child sex grooming in the UK Half of all child sex exploitation takes place through social networking Some abusers target children from different countries 300m child sex images believed to be circulating in the UK Human behaviour to blame not site say experts A leading child abuse investigator has warned that Facebook is one of the UK's top online locations for child sex grooming. Peter Davies, chief executive of Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, told MPs in the House Of Commons that 50 percent of all child sexual exploitation cases take place on social networks, the Daily Telegraph reported. He said: 'At the moment we are seeing half of this kind of activity, online child sexual exploitation, taking place through social networking sites. Peter Davies addressed MPs about child abuse on social media sites Facebook is a major one but not the only one. We are also seeing it take place through chat environments and other forums. It is important to realise that the medium is not to blame, the medium might be managed better, so it is safer for its users. But what is to blame is human behaviour, albeit through the internet amplified, multiplied and in some cases almost industrialised to a quite remarkable degree. Facebook is a 'major location' for child sex grooming according to Mr Davies And Mr Davies also claimed that some offenders will target child victims from another part of the world from where they themselves are living. The Telegraph reported how MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport committee heard that 300million child sex images are circulating in the UK, with one or two new images were being created every week. A Facebook spokesman told The Telegraph: 'We fight hard against child sexual exploitation and grooming. People on Facebook have access to educational resources and powerful reporting tools so they can report inappropriate behaviour and get help in the unlikely event that they need it. We have a global team of hundreds of safety experts committed to protecting the people using Facebook - and are proud of the work we do in partnership with CEOP to bring offenders to justice.