The Supreme Court of Canada’s rejection of child-pornography mandatory minimums reflects an allegiance to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, not a crisis.
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New proposals recognise role incest porn plays in normalising and trivialising child sexual abuse.
US law tries to strike a balance between free speech and protecting people from harm. When it comes to child pornography, AI makes that task all the more difficult.
A historian of artistic censorship sees chilling similarities to 19th-century anti-obscenity crusades.
The law on deepfakes of children is more established than for adults, but there are still a lot of challenges.
Police efforts to sort through online child sexual exploitation material are being hampered by the rise in AI-generated imagery. Here’s how they’re working to combat the problem.
It is a criminal offence to take or possess an indecent image of someone under the age of 18.
An expert on adolescent sexuality weighs in on how technology has changed the amount and type of pornography that teens can consume – and what that means when it happens at school.
There is a dire need to prevent child sexual abuse in Canada. It is critical to intervene early, and provide those at risk for offending with support through an anonymous helpline, as well as therapy.
One study found 80% of darknet traffic on Tor went to sites hosting unmoderated porn and child sex abuse material.
Describing non-consensual acts as pornography minimises the importance of consent.
The tech giants are consistently failing to protect children.
The case for all things Tor.
It’s increasingly difficult to tell virtually-created images from those of real children.
All sexual offenders should be investigated and prosecuted equally.
Communications Minister Mitch Fifield told Q&A that the Children’s eSafety Commissioner has investigated 11,000 cases of cyberbullying and can fine social media firms $17,000 a day. Is that true?
Data from Pornhub shows the word ‘teen’ is among the most searched for terms – which raises a difficult question.
The continued use by politicians and the media of the term “child pornography” minimises the offence’s seriousness. They are online child abuse material.
A cartoon can land you in court, as happened to a man recently convicted of possessing non-photographic images – cartoons, drawings – of a sexual nature featuring children. Clearly child pornography, more…
Fresh from its success calling on search engines to block access to child porn, the UK government is turning its attention to terrorism. Ministers are poised to call on internet service providers to block…
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Professor of Criminology, UNSW
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Professor of Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Professor of Cybersecurity, Head of School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University
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Senior Lecturer in Internet Law, Aston University
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Senior Lecturer, Justice and Legal Studies, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Doctoral Fellow, Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law, University of Aberdeen
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Senior Research Analyst, Violent and Serious Crime Monitoring team, Australian Institute of Criminology
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Doctoral researcher investigating governance of social media platforms, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Dean, Research and Innovation, University of Salford
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Associate Professor, School of Engineering, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer, Criminal Law, Nottingham Trent University
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Emeritus Professor, Australian National University
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Professor of Criminology, University of Sydney