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Group grooming can look different from the one-on-one grooming many of us recognize. This issue of The Digital Brief™ explores how comments, emojis, coded communication, group dynamics, platform migration, and seemingly ordinary online interactions can become part of a larger pattern. It also examines documented FBI, NCMEC, and Thorn findings and offers questions for parents and professionals to consider—without treating every emoji, comment, or unfamiliar account as evidence