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Exclusive data research: How pedosexuals steal images (2021x18)

Udgivelsesdato: Apr 27, 2021

Actress and presenter Nina Bott liked to post pictures from her family life. Until one day she gets an anonymous tip. Photos from her Instagram profile showing her children appeared on the dark web. On a site used by pedo criminals. Harmless photos of her children were tagged with hashtags like SexyKids or UglyBoy, along with disturbing comments. She immediately deleted all recognizable images from her Instagram account that openly depicted her children. Unlike Nina Bott, many young people and parents do not know that images are being stolen from the Internet and misused everywhere. How big is this phenomenon actually? Where do the images come from, where exactly do they end up, what happens to them there? We investigated these questions through data research. Together with the ARD magazine PANORAMA, we started a complex experimental setup and over several months downloaded and analyzed data from forums, image boards and photo platforms used by pedosexuals and pedocriminals.