South Korea to ask Telegram, other social media firms to help tackle digital sex crimes
Seoul, South Korea Reuters South Korean authorities called on Telegram and other social media platforms on Wednesday to work together with them in deleting and blocking sexually explicit deepfake content, seeking to appease public and political outrage over the problem. The steps follow reports by several domestic media outlets that sexually explicit deepfake images and […]
US feds charge ex-priest with child sex crimes in East Timor
AP A US federal grand jury has indicted a defrocked American priest on charges of having sex with minors while running a children’s shelter in a remote part of East Timor. Richard Daschbach, 84, faces seven counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct at the Topu Honis shelter that he founded decades ago in the […]
Growing number of young men in Australia targeted for ‘sextortion’
Kuala Lumpur Thomson Reuters Foundation A rising number of young men in Australia are falling victim to online “sextortion”, the head of the country’s internet safety agency has warned, bucking a global trend of primarily targeting vulnerable women and girls. Seven out of 10 victims of sextortion – a form of extortion that involves sexual […]
Legal gaps seen failing female ‘sextortion’ victims
London, UK Thomson Reuters Foundation Women and girls coerced into sex by officials are being failed by a lack of clear laws to combat such abuses, known as sextortion, a global anti-corruption group said on Thursday. Sextortion – defined as the abuse of power to obtain a sexual benefit or advantage – affects women globally, […]
Female comic superhero fights India’s sex traffickers, challenges stigma
Mumbai, India Thomson Reuters Foundation A female superhero will use her powers to fight sex crimes in India and the stigma that trafficking survivors face, in the third instalment of a comic series due to be released this week. Priya, a rape survivor-turned superhero who flies around on a tiger, fought her abusers and helped […]