Behind the screen: the big bad wolf and four traps of online sexual exploitation targeting children
Description
With the rapid development of digital technology, sexual crimes have already broken through age and geographical boundaries. The younger a person is, the more cruel and novel sexual images can be, and the higher their market value.
Once a child is caught in the distribution of sexual images, it is like being trapped in a hellish circuit: perpetrators first carry out sexual blackmail or request for more sexual images, and then upload these images of children to secret communities or websites. Then, netizens use these materials to find, stalk, harrass and bully victims.
Television presenter Mickey Huang (黃子佼) was part of a case involving child sexual images. He was discovered to be a member of an online forum, "Chuangyi Sifang" (創意私房), that attracted attention for containing sexually intimate videos. The video’s victims were a large number of underage students. The police Women and Children Protection Brigade even received an investigation report from the Australian police uncovering that many videos of sexual assault and molestation of children circulating in underground international pedophile networks took place in Taiwan.
In addition to organized and commercialized crimes, individual cases of online enticement are also rampant, leaving even the most well-behaved children in the eyes of their teachers vulnerable.
Reporter for Kids interviewed several experts, social workers, and teachers who have long been concerned with and supported victims of sexual exploitation, analyzing the traps behind child sexual exploitation and considering how adults and children can combat this rapidly growing crisis.
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