SEXTORTION — THE NEWEST ONLINE THREAT

Ioana Veronica Humelnicu

Authors

Ioana Veronica Humelnicu European Security Specialist Social Media/ Awareness Specialist - N.G.O. Abolishion *Correspondence: Ioana Veronica Humelnicu, Asociația Abolishion, Oradea, 36 Republicii St.

Abstract

Sextortion is a wide-ranging problem and not isolated to one website or app. Perpetrators used many forms of technology to reach victims and 45% of victims reported contact with perpetrators on more than one platform. With connectivity on the rise, sextortion could be an increasingly pervasive threat.

References

General

Benjamin Wittes, Cody Poplin, Quinta Jurecic & Clara Spera, Sextortion: Cybersecurity, teenagers, and remote sexual assault, Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings

Janis Wolak, David Finkelhor - Sextortion - Findings from an online survey about threats to expose sexual images, Crimes Against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire, 2016

Speciality works and related Legislation

Noul Codul Penal al RomÃ¢niei - Legea 286/2009; [The New Penal Code of Romania- Law 286/2009];

National Strategy on Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, US Department of Justice, April 2016

Electronic sources

https://www.wearethorn.org/child-sexual-exploitation-and-technology

http://money.cnn.com/2016/05/11/technology/brookings-institution-sextortion-study/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sextortion

http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports2/2016/05/sextortion-wittes-poplin-jurecic-spera

https://www.wearethorn.org/child-pornography-and-abuse-statistics/

http://www.beakidshero.com/posts/newest-form-child-exploitation-sextortion/

http://www.missingkids.org/Sextortion

https://www.wearethorn.org/sextortion/