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Commercial Children sexual abuse websites have doubled from 7,028 sites(2024) to 15,031 sites(2025), Generating profits for the gangs operating them (www.iwf.org.uk)
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The charity warns organised criminals are taking advantage of “systemic failures” in online security infrastructure.

Commercial websites host a wide range of child sexual abuse imagery which is available for users to buy. The imagery for sale can involve victims of all ages, and can include some of the most severe and extreme forms of sexual abuse.

Some of these sites have been deliberately disguised to appear as non-criminal sites or to look inactive in an attempt to operate on the open web while avoiding detection. Many of these sites accept payment via cryptocurrencies, card payments or money transfer services.

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[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

to identify and arrest as many users as possible.

You mean, to identify the gangs running them. Identifying the users helps nothing, same for just shutting it down.

Just wanted to point out the erronous criminalizing the user mindset the media mafia pushes.

[-] MurrayL@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

No, the users are definitely also criminals.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 week ago

Depends on jurisdiction. And better they watch it and not do it, no? Remember, pedophilia is a disorder.

[-] QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

That reasoning would be fine if it weren't for the fact that the gangs have to abduct and harm children to make their CSAM.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

With AI and Hentai? Well, i'm not a phsychologist, so i guess it's not always enough?

I only wanted to say that you shouldn't conflate the disorder with the people who act on it. And i also don't want to downplay the problem.

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