Latest items for PRN-PRACTICE-1
March 20, 2025, 2:27 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"The livestream apps downloaded from Apple and Google illustrate an even darker aspect of the social media technology boom, particularly for children living in poverty in developing countries. There, with the ease of a smartphone, parents and other adults can connect with pedophiles in the United States and elsewhere who pay to watch — and direct — criminal behavior" (para 6). "The apps had not been a focus of the agency’s work, the agent said, but the criminal activity mirrored that on dating websites he had investigated. There, men search for women, typically in Southeast Asia, who charge to sexually abuse children on camera... 'The number one customer base paying...more
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"The livestream apps downloaded from Apple and Google illustrate an even darker aspect of the social media technology boom, particularly for children living in poverty in developing countries. There, with the ease of a smartphone, parents and other adults can connect with pedophiles in the United States and elsewhere who pay to watch — and direct — criminal behavior" (para 6). "The apps had not been a focus of the agency’s work, the agent said, but the criminal activity mirrored that on dating websites he had investigated. There, men search for women, typically in Southeast Asia, who charge to sexually abuse children on camera... 'The number one customer base paying...more
March 20, 2025, 2:27 p.m.
Countries: Philippines
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"The promotional photo showed a mother affectionately hugging and kissing her daughter. The girl, around 8 years old, smiled into the camera. With a few swipes on their phones, men entered a livestream where they paid $150 to watch the mother sexually abuse the girl for 10 minutes. The horrendous activity wasn’t hidden on some dark corner of the internet. It was available for anyone with an iPhone or Android to download from the Apple or Google app store. The woman, who lives in Southeast Asia, promoted her livestream on Bigo Live, a video chat app where The New York Times viewed a screenshot of her profile early this year....more
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"The promotional photo showed a mother affectionately hugging and kissing her daughter. The girl, around 8 years old, smiled into the camera. With a few swipes on their phones, men entered a livestream where they paid $150 to watch the mother sexually abuse the girl for 10 minutes. The horrendous activity wasn’t hidden on some dark corner of the internet. It was available for anyone with an iPhone or Android to download from the Apple or Google app store. The woman, who lives in Southeast Asia, promoted her livestream on Bigo Live, a video chat app where The New York Times viewed a screenshot of her profile early this year....more
March 20, 2025, 2 p.m.
Countries: Vietnam
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, PRN-PRACTICE-1, DV-DATA-1
"One profile identified by The Times showed a woman in Vietnam offering 'HOT VIDEO' and listed possible participants as two young sisters, a little girl, three little boys and a dog. Another woman in Vietnam described sex acts she could perform along with an invitation to 'see mother and daughter, son.' A woman in the Philippines advertised “lil&Mom” and showed a preview video of a young girl. The profiles did not include abuse, which required payment to be viewed" (para 21-22).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, PRN-PRACTICE-1, DV-DATA-1
"One profile identified by The Times showed a woman in Vietnam offering 'HOT VIDEO' and listed possible participants as two young sisters, a little girl, three little boys and a dog. Another woman in Vietnam described sex acts she could perform along with an invitation to 'see mother and daughter, son.' A woman in the Philippines advertised “lil&Mom” and showed a preview video of a young girl. The profiles did not include abuse, which required payment to be viewed" (para 21-22).
March 19, 2025, 11:07 p.m.
Countries: Uganda
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"Laws such as the misogynistic anti-pornography law of 2014 has spurred more attacks on female victims rather than perpetrators of the crime. The blaming and shaming of victims of violence openly by Government workers and also members of the police force who are supposed to protect victims is also concerning" (2). "According to statistics provided by the Ugandan Womys Network, about 77.7% of primary school children and 82% of secondary school students experience sexual abuse while at school; 8% of girls are subjected to defilement, 24% are spoken to in a sexual way, 18% receive marriage proposals, and 25% are fondled/touched in a sexual manner while 29% are made to...more
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"Laws such as the misogynistic anti-pornography law of 2014 has spurred more attacks on female victims rather than perpetrators of the crime. The blaming and shaming of victims of violence openly by Government workers and also members of the police force who are supposed to protect victims is also concerning" (2). "According to statistics provided by the Ugandan Womys Network, about 77.7% of primary school children and 82% of secondary school students experience sexual abuse while at school; 8% of girls are subjected to defilement, 24% are spoken to in a sexual way, 18% receive marriage proposals, and 25% are fondled/touched in a sexual manner while 29% are made to...more
March 11, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
Countries: Iceland
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"Drífa Snædal, who is on the executive committee of the women’s strike and is a spokesperson for Stígamót, a counselling and education centre for sexual violence, said increased access to pornography among children had contributed to violence against women" (par. 16).
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"Drífa Snædal, who is on the executive committee of the women’s strike and is a spokesperson for Stígamót, a counselling and education centre for sexual violence, said increased access to pornography among children had contributed to violence against women" (par. 16).
Feb. 14, 2025, 7:07 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"Government fund the following national helplines… f. Revenge Porn Helpline - The Government Equalities Office (GEO) has funded the Revenge Porn Helpline Domestic Violence" (6).
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"Government fund the following national helplines… f. Revenge Porn Helpline - The Government Equalities Office (GEO) has funded the Revenge Porn Helpline Domestic Violence" (6).
Feb. 12, 2025, 7:09 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"The moves follow concerns that misogynistic online pornography is driving a rise in depraved antics" (par. 8).
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"The moves follow concerns that misogynistic online pornography is driving a rise in depraved antics" (par. 8).
Feb. 4, 2025, 7:54 p.m.
Countries: Taiwan
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"In recent years, the issue of hidden cameras and voyeurism, particularly in public restrooms and changing rooms, has been a growing concern in Taiwan. These hidden cameras, some as small as your fingernail, have been used to record and distribute images and videos of individuals, mainly women and girls, without their consent. On my daily inter-city train rides I now see warnings in stations in Taipei to be aware of the dangers of men taking upskirt photos on escalators, as well as reminders that staff regularly check restrooms for recording devices. In 2020, a 26 year old man in Taipei made headlines after he was found to have secretly filmed...more
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"In recent years, the issue of hidden cameras and voyeurism, particularly in public restrooms and changing rooms, has been a growing concern in Taiwan. These hidden cameras, some as small as your fingernail, have been used to record and distribute images and videos of individuals, mainly women and girls, without their consent. On my daily inter-city train rides I now see warnings in stations in Taipei to be aware of the dangers of men taking upskirt photos on escalators, as well as reminders that staff regularly check restrooms for recording devices. In 2020, a 26 year old man in Taipei made headlines after he was found to have secretly filmed...more
Feb. 4, 2025, 7:54 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"As digital sex crimes rise worldwide, South Korea has become the global epicenter of spy cams (also referred to there as 'molka') - the use of tiny, hidden cameras to secretly film people primarily in restrooms, hotels, and changing rooms. The bulk of the victims are female, the vast majority of the perpetrators are male, and the captured images or videos are regularly sold on various pornographic websites to great fanfare. Disturbingly, spycam footage has actually become the dominant pornographic genre in South Korea. In 2018, the issue of spycams took center stage with the bust of multiple spycam rings, which included some well-known K-Pop stars. In fact, the problem...more
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"As digital sex crimes rise worldwide, South Korea has become the global epicenter of spy cams (also referred to there as 'molka') - the use of tiny, hidden cameras to secretly film people primarily in restrooms, hotels, and changing rooms. The bulk of the victims are female, the vast majority of the perpetrators are male, and the captured images or videos are regularly sold on various pornographic websites to great fanfare. Disturbingly, spycam footage has actually become the dominant pornographic genre in South Korea. In 2018, the issue of spycams took center stage with the bust of multiple spycam rings, which included some well-known K-Pop stars. In fact, the problem...more
Feb. 4, 2025, 7:54 p.m.
Countries: Singapore
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"Singaporeans are dealing with an increase in voyeuristic assault" (para 3).
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"Singaporeans are dealing with an increase in voyeuristic assault" (para 3).
Feb. 4, 2025, 7:54 p.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"[I]n Malaysia international headlines were made when videos from a women’s changing room were being sold online" (para 3).
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"[I]n Malaysia international headlines were made when videos from a women’s changing room were being sold online" (para 3).
Feb. 4, 2025, 7:54 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"[I]n Japan authorities are scrambling to deal with, but not discuss, a huge surge in 'upskirting' and spycam crime. Upskirting is a term used to describe the act of taking photographs or video footage of a person's underwear or private parts without their consent, typically using a hidden camera or smartphone" (para 3).
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"[I]n Japan authorities are scrambling to deal with, but not discuss, a huge surge in 'upskirting' and spycam crime. Upskirting is a term used to describe the act of taking photographs or video footage of a person's underwear or private parts without their consent, typically using a hidden camera or smartphone" (para 3).
Jan. 15, 2025, 3:12 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"Some 119 defendants were tried before the Court Martial for sexual offences or indecent images of children offences during 2022, of whom 45 (38%) were convicted" (par. 5). Because a few individuals were tried for possessing child porn, it suggests it is not acceptable in society (IME - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"Some 119 defendants were tried before the Court Martial for sexual offences or indecent images of children offences during 2022, of whom 45 (38%) were convicted" (par. 5). Because a few individuals were tried for possessing child porn, it suggests it is not acceptable in society (IME - CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 4, 2025, 12:21 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
“An industry that runs on exploitation, coercive behaviour and false promises of runway dreams to young impressionable girls - Japan's disturbing porn industry has long been a legal grey-zone. In a country where walking the streets can result in being targeted by 'modelling agency' actors before victims are lured to discrete offices to sign their freedom away, the multi-billion-pound porn industry continues to be a poisonous trap from which unknowing women find themselves battling to escape” (para 1-2). “With an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 new actresses debuting each year, and the annual number of released videos hitting over a concerning 35,000, these numbers become even more terrifying as many women...more
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
“An industry that runs on exploitation, coercive behaviour and false promises of runway dreams to young impressionable girls - Japan's disturbing porn industry has long been a legal grey-zone. In a country where walking the streets can result in being targeted by 'modelling agency' actors before victims are lured to discrete offices to sign their freedom away, the multi-billion-pound porn industry continues to be a poisonous trap from which unknowing women find themselves battling to escape” (para 1-2). “With an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 new actresses debuting each year, and the annual number of released videos hitting over a concerning 35,000, these numbers become even more terrifying as many women...more
Jan. 4, 2025, 12:11 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1, DTCP-PRACTICE-1
“While scrolling through Twitter in 2018, Youngmi came across footage of protests taking place in the streets of Seoul. In South Korea, where cases of femicide, revenge porn, and dating violence are widespread, a surge in spy-cam sex crimes, overwhelmingly committed by men, had mostly resulted in fines and suspended jail sentences, if they were prosecuted at all. That was not the case, however, for one 25-year-old woman who had taken a nonconsensual photo of a nude male model at art school and posted it online; she was sentenced to ten months in prison and court-ordered sexual-violence counseling. The demonstrations were a reaction to the blatant hypocrisy” (para 3).more
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1, DTCP-PRACTICE-1
“While scrolling through Twitter in 2018, Youngmi came across footage of protests taking place in the streets of Seoul. In South Korea, where cases of femicide, revenge porn, and dating violence are widespread, a surge in spy-cam sex crimes, overwhelmingly committed by men, had mostly resulted in fines and suspended jail sentences, if they were prosecuted at all. That was not the case, however, for one 25-year-old woman who had taken a nonconsensual photo of a nude male model at art school and posted it online; she was sentenced to ten months in prison and court-ordered sexual-violence counseling. The demonstrations were a reaction to the blatant hypocrisy” (para 3).more
Jan. 2, 2025, 4:36 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"This fantasized image of Japanese women stems not only from a history of Orientalist views but Japan's own prolific sex and adult content industries. A former Japanese porn actress once told me that Japan produces approximately 60% of the world’s porn. While this seems excessive and accurate statistics are hard to come by, estimates by The Economist put Japan’s output at 4,500 adult videos monthly and around ¥55 billion ($350 million) annually" (par. 7).
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"This fantasized image of Japanese women stems not only from a history of Orientalist views but Japan's own prolific sex and adult content industries. A former Japanese porn actress once told me that Japan produces approximately 60% of the world’s porn. While this seems excessive and accurate statistics are hard to come by, estimates by The Economist put Japan’s output at 4,500 adult videos monthly and around ¥55 billion ($350 million) annually" (par. 7).
Jan. 2, 2025, 12:47 p.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"He has your nudes. She got the message by text from a girl she barely knew: Your friend, he has your photos on his phone. How could that be, the 16-year-old Toronto high school student remembers thinking. The boy with the photos was a close friend, someone she trusted. And besides, she thought, she had never sent a nude to anyone. 'I was like, ‘What? That’s not possible,’' the girl said. Her mind drifted to the worst-case scenario — 'Has someone taken photos of me while I was asleep?' In late January of this year, a group of teens between the ages of 15 and 17 went to Toronto police...more
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"He has your nudes. She got the message by text from a girl she barely knew: Your friend, he has your photos on his phone. How could that be, the 16-year-old Toronto high school student remembers thinking. The boy with the photos was a close friend, someone she trusted. And besides, she thought, she had never sent a nude to anyone. 'I was like, ‘What? That’s not possible,’' the girl said. Her mind drifted to the worst-case scenario — 'Has someone taken photos of me while I was asleep?' In late January of this year, a group of teens between the ages of 15 and 17 went to Toronto police...more
Jan. 2, 2025, 12:47 p.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"He has your nudes. She got the message by text from a girl she barely knew: Your friend, he has your photos on his phone. How could that be, the 16-year-old Toronto high school student remembers thinking. The boy with the photos was a close friend, someone she trusted. And besides, she thought, she had never sent a nude to anyone. 'I was like, ‘What? That’s not possible,’' the girl said. Her mind drifted to the worst-case scenario — 'Has someone taken photos of me while I was asleep?' In late January of this year, a group of teens between the ages of 15 and 17 went to Toronto police...more
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"He has your nudes. She got the message by text from a girl she barely knew: Your friend, he has your photos on his phone. How could that be, the 16-year-old Toronto high school student remembers thinking. The boy with the photos was a close friend, someone she trusted. And besides, she thought, she had never sent a nude to anyone. 'I was like, ‘What? That’s not possible,’' the girl said. Her mind drifted to the worst-case scenario — 'Has someone taken photos of me while I was asleep?' In late January of this year, a group of teens between the ages of 15 and 17 went to Toronto police...more
Dec. 30, 2024, 11:27 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"Zar was a nurse at a private hospital in Mandalay, which was shut down by the military government because its doctors had joined the protest movement. Then a friend pitched her a way to make money. Just be a date girl, her friend said. Before her first day on the job, Zar, 25, said she watched some pornography to try to figure out what to do. She said her first client was a Chinese man who looked around 40 and spoke little Burmese and no English. At one point, he tried to have sex without a condom, but she insisted that he had to use one. 'It lasted about 20...more
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"Zar was a nurse at a private hospital in Mandalay, which was shut down by the military government because its doctors had joined the protest movement. Then a friend pitched her a way to make money. Just be a date girl, her friend said. Before her first day on the job, Zar, 25, said she watched some pornography to try to figure out what to do. She said her first client was a Chinese man who looked around 40 and spoke little Burmese and no English. At one point, he tried to have sex without a condom, but she insisted that he had to use one. 'It lasted about 20...more
Dec. 17, 2024, 7:49 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"In 2020, as the South Korean authorities were pursuing a blackmail ring that forced young women to make sexually explicit videos for paying viewers, they found something else floating through the dark recesses of social media: pornographic images with other people’s faces crudely attached. They didn’t know what to do with these early attempts at deepfake pornography. In the end, the National Assembly enacted a vaguely worded law against those making and distributing it. But that did not prevent a crime wave, using A.I. technology, that has now taken the country’s misogynistic online culture to new depths. In the past two weeks, South Koreans have been shocked to find that...more
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"In 2020, as the South Korean authorities were pursuing a blackmail ring that forced young women to make sexually explicit videos for paying viewers, they found something else floating through the dark recesses of social media: pornographic images with other people’s faces crudely attached. They didn’t know what to do with these early attempts at deepfake pornography. In the end, the National Assembly enacted a vaguely worded law against those making and distributing it. But that did not prevent a crime wave, using A.I. technology, that has now taken the country’s misogynistic online culture to new depths. In the past two weeks, South Koreans have been shocked to find that...more
Dec. 13, 2024, 4:38 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"With new revelations of abuses involving the creation and dissemination of sexually explicit deepfake images coming out almost daily, Korean women’s rights group Womenlink is decrying the reality in which women are left 'living without a state,' as they no longer feel that their country will provide them with the protection they need. Womenlink released a statement on Monday condemning a 'broken society which has spawned over 220,000 perpetrators of sexual violence' and asking how long we will 'ignore the abysmal state of affairs.' 'There are around 227,000 members of a Telegram channel that allows people to obtain sexually explicit images of their acquaintances in five seconds simply by sending...more
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"With new revelations of abuses involving the creation and dissemination of sexually explicit deepfake images coming out almost daily, Korean women’s rights group Womenlink is decrying the reality in which women are left 'living without a state,' as they no longer feel that their country will provide them with the protection they need. Womenlink released a statement on Monday condemning a 'broken society which has spawned over 220,000 perpetrators of sexual violence' and asking how long we will 'ignore the abysmal state of affairs.' 'There are around 227,000 members of a Telegram channel that allows people to obtain sexually explicit images of their acquaintances in five seconds simply by sending...more
Dec. 12, 2024, 9:39 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"The pupils and their teacher have started a petition to ban sexualised school uniforms from being sold online as raunchy fancy dress outfits - and also for them to no longer be featured in pornographic films" (para 29).
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"The pupils and their teacher have started a petition to ban sexualised school uniforms from being sold online as raunchy fancy dress outfits - and also for them to no longer be featured in pornographic films" (para 29).
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:52 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"In terms of paid pornographic content, 22% of British men say they have paid for a porn magazine, 13% for porn video on VCR/DVD, 8% for pornographic content from a company (e.g. a porn website) and 6% for such content from an individual creator like an OnlyFans model. That covers only paid-for pornographic content; fully 78% of men admit to having ever watched pornography, with 51% saying they currently watch it. (Among women, 50% say they have ever seen it but only 14% that they currently watch it)" (para 17-18). "While many people are happy to watch porn, they are much more reluctant to date those they see on screen,...more
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"In terms of paid pornographic content, 22% of British men say they have paid for a porn magazine, 13% for porn video on VCR/DVD, 8% for pornographic content from a company (e.g. a porn website) and 6% for such content from an individual creator like an OnlyFans model. That covers only paid-for pornographic content; fully 78% of men admit to having ever watched pornography, with 51% saying they currently watch it. (Among women, 50% say they have ever seen it but only 14% that they currently watch it)" (para 17-18). "While many people are happy to watch porn, they are much more reluctant to date those they see on screen,...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 9:14 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1, IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Digital sex crimes have further fuelled the feminist movement, from widespread illegal filming through hidden cameras to the latest epidemic of AI-generated deepfake pornography targeting young women" (para 10).
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1, IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Digital sex crimes have further fuelled the feminist movement, from widespread illegal filming through hidden cameras to the latest epidemic of AI-generated deepfake pornography targeting young women" (para 10).
Dec. 5, 2024, 4:37 p.m.
Countries: Norway
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes with concern reports of an increase in cases of sexual abuse of teenage girls by teenage boys and the possible link to the sexualization of women online and the availability of pornography. The Committee reiterates its recommendation (CEDAW/C/NOR/CO/9, para. 23 (c)) to allocate resources for research into the root causes and possible impact of oversexualized representations of girls and women in the media and the possible links between sexualization and pornography and gender-based violence against women and girls" (6).
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes with concern reports of an increase in cases of sexual abuse of teenage girls by teenage boys and the possible link to the sexualization of women online and the availability of pornography. The Committee reiterates its recommendation (CEDAW/C/NOR/CO/9, para. 23 (c)) to allocate resources for research into the root causes and possible impact of oversexualized representations of girls and women in the media and the possible links between sexualization and pornography and gender-based violence against women and girls" (6).
Nov. 29, 2024, 3:17 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
“An industry that runs on exploitation, coercive behaviour and false promises of runway dreams to young impressionable girls - Japan's disturbing porn industry has long been a legal grey-zone. In a country where walking the streets can result in being targeted by 'modelling agency' actors before victims are lured to discrete offices to sign their freedom away, the multi-billion-pound porn industry continues to be a poisonous trap from which unknowing women find themselves battling to escape” (para 1-2). “With an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 new actresses debuting each year, and the annual number of released videos hitting over a concerning 35,000, these numbers become even more terrifying as many women...more
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
“An industry that runs on exploitation, coercive behaviour and false promises of runway dreams to young impressionable girls - Japan's disturbing porn industry has long been a legal grey-zone. In a country where walking the streets can result in being targeted by 'modelling agency' actors before victims are lured to discrete offices to sign their freedom away, the multi-billion-pound porn industry continues to be a poisonous trap from which unknowing women find themselves battling to escape” (para 1-2). “With an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 new actresses debuting each year, and the annual number of released videos hitting over a concerning 35,000, these numbers become even more terrifying as many women...more
Nov. 12, 2024, 6:12 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1, DTCP-PRACTICE-1
“While scrolling through Twitter in 2018, Youngmi came across footage of protests taking place in the streets of Seoul. In South Korea, where cases of femicide, revenge porn, and dating violence are widespread, a surge in spy-cam sex crimes, overwhelmingly committed by men, had mostly resulted in fines and suspended jail sentences, if they were prosecuted at all. That was not the case, however, for one 25-year-old woman who had taken a nonconsensual photo of a nude male model at art school and posted it online; she was sentenced to ten months in prison and court-ordered sexual-violence counseling. The demonstrations were a reaction to the blatant hypocrisy” (para 3).more
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1, DTCP-PRACTICE-1
“While scrolling through Twitter in 2018, Youngmi came across footage of protests taking place in the streets of Seoul. In South Korea, where cases of femicide, revenge porn, and dating violence are widespread, a surge in spy-cam sex crimes, overwhelmingly committed by men, had mostly resulted in fines and suspended jail sentences, if they were prosecuted at all. That was not the case, however, for one 25-year-old woman who had taken a nonconsensual photo of a nude male model at art school and posted it online; she was sentenced to ten months in prison and court-ordered sexual-violence counseling. The demonstrations were a reaction to the blatant hypocrisy” (para 3).more
July 18, 2024, 6:38 p.m.
Countries: Guatemala
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"The Public Prosecution Service has taken steps to combat online child sexual abuse through the child protection system project, which proactively monitors the Internet for child pornography content" (12).
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"The Public Prosecution Service has taken steps to combat online child sexual abuse through the child protection system project, which proactively monitors the Internet for child pornography content" (12).
Dec. 20, 2023, 10:43 a.m.
Countries: France
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"Women are being targeted by new forms of harassment including online violence, verbal abuse on social media and pornography with 'barbaric' content, it said.The survey also detected a male 'backlash' across French society to the #MeToo movement, with 'macho raids' on social media seeking 'to reduce women to silence or discredit them'. It stated that situations of 'discrimination, violence and harassment' have reached 'alarming proportions'" (para 2-3)."Those questioned also spoke of a lack of confidence in official measures to combat sexism and respond 'to a situation that is getting worse with new phenomenon: online violence, increased virulence on social networks, barbarity in many pornographic industry productions, and affirmation of a...more
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"Women are being targeted by new forms of harassment including online violence, verbal abuse on social media and pornography with 'barbaric' content, it said.The survey also detected a male 'backlash' across French society to the #MeToo movement, with 'macho raids' on social media seeking 'to reduce women to silence or discredit them'. It stated that situations of 'discrimination, violence and harassment' have reached 'alarming proportions'" (para 2-3)."Those questioned also spoke of a lack of confidence in official measures to combat sexism and respond 'to a situation that is getting worse with new phenomenon: online violence, increased virulence on social networks, barbarity in many pornographic industry productions, and affirmation of a...more
Nov. 3, 2023, 11:41 a.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
“Online sexual assault and harassment is increasingly widespread. Last year, 11,568 cases of digital sex crimes were reported, up 82% from the year before. Many involved the use of hidden spy-cameras. Women in South Korea speak of being too scared to go to the toilet, in case they are secretly filmed and then blackmailed - or worse, the footage is released, and their lives destroyed. One compared the fear to what women in other countries must feel when walking home late at night” (para 15). It is unclear whether blackmail is the only use for this video footage. The implication of nudity and vulnerability may be related to creation of...more
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
“Online sexual assault and harassment is increasingly widespread. Last year, 11,568 cases of digital sex crimes were reported, up 82% from the year before. Many involved the use of hidden spy-cameras. Women in South Korea speak of being too scared to go to the toilet, in case they are secretly filmed and then blackmailed - or worse, the footage is released, and their lives destroyed. One compared the fear to what women in other countries must feel when walking home late at night” (para 15). It is unclear whether blackmail is the only use for this video footage. The implication of nudity and vulnerability may be related to creation of...more