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Child sexual abuse can be a very confusing topic, both to adults and to children. Below are six clarifications of common misunderstandings many adults have articulated on our Helpline while attempting to make sense out of confusing situations. Typically, Child Protective Services (CPS) will accept reports and consider investigating situations where the person being abusive is in a caretaking role for the child – parent, legal guardian, childcare provider, teacher, etc.

OnlyFans says it cannot respond to these cases without being provided with account details, which the police were unable to pass on to us. It says it has a number of systems in place to prevent children from accessing the site and continues to look for new ways to enhance them. BBC News has discovered that under-18s are also appearing in explicit videos on accounts run by adults in violation of OnlyFans’ guidelines. Caitlyn says it was stated “everywhere” on other online accounts that her daughter was 17.

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There are specialized therapists who work with adults who are having sexual feelings towards children, or who have other questions or concerns about their sexual feelings, thoughts and/or behaviors. Missing children are increasingly being linked to OnlyFans videos, says the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), known as a global clearing house for reports of child sexual exploitation. While it is illegal to post or share explicit images of someone under the age of 18, Mr Bailey says the police are extremely reluctant to criminalise children for such offences. He says he is more concerned about the risks children are exposing themselves to by appearing on the site. Our Think Before You Share campaign aims to help young people understand the harm of sharing explicit images and videos of themselves, and others, and encourage parents and educators to start timely conversations with children and young people. Speaking to eNCA following the arrest of a Midrand couple accused of possessing and distributing at least 10 million child sexual abuse videos and images, Ephraim Tlhako from the Film and Publication Board said there is renewed concern about the crime.

• The most common places for an adult to start targeting and exploiting a minor for these purposes are chat rooms and messaging apps – this would also include gaming sites and video sharing sites as well.
• The organisation’s national director, Sam Inocencio, said victims were becoming younger.
• Thinking About Safety and Support SystemsAnd that makes me think about how it may be helpful for you to work on a Safety Plan for yourself.
• Alternatively, they may also be used as a threat or manipulation tool to get a young person to participate in sexual or illegal activities.
• Suspects were identified after crime agencies traced the site’s cryptocurrency transactions back to them.

According to the child child porn advocacy organization Enough Abuse, 37 states have criminalized AI-generated or AI-modified CSAM, either by amending existing child sexual abuse material laws or enacting new ones. More than half of those 37 states enacted new laws or amended their existing ones within the past year. The government’s interest in protecting the physical and psychological well-being of children, the court found, was not implicated when such obscene material is computer generated. “Virtual child pornography is not ‘intrinsically related’ to the sexual abuse of children,” the court wrote.

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“All he wanted from me is to pass videos to him of children having sex. It didn’t matter to him where this took place.” Many of those buying the films specify what they want done to the children, with the resulting film then either live-streamed or posted online to the abuser, who watches it from their home. In many states reports can be filed with child protection authorities anonymously which means you can file without providing identifying information about who you are. If you have questions about filing you can call a confidential helpline such as Child Help USA or the Stop It Now! If you file with an authority which is not best suited to take the report, ask them specifically who you should contact to file.

While a country may be a signatory, they may or may not have chosen to implement these guidelines. The information given in this article is subject to change as laws are consistently updated around the world. Where Category B material was seen, the children were typically rubbing genitals (categorised as masturbation) using their hands/fingers or, less often, another object, such as a pen or hairbrush. About 23 children have been rescued from active abuse situations, the joint task force said at a press conference about the operation. But on Wednesday, officials revealed that 337 suspected users had been arrested across 38 countries. The site had more than 200,000 videos which had collectively been downloaded more than a million times.

Although there are ways in which kids are vulnerable online, there are proactive steps that parents, caregivers and other loving adults can take to increase safety. These resources offer some more guidance about online safety for children and youth. The most common places for an adult to start targeting and exploiting a minor for these purposes are chat rooms and messaging apps – this would also include gaming sites and video sharing sites as well. Such behavior takes place virtually, without physical contact between the child and the person seeking to exploit them.