Vikram Singh’s Post

Digital literacy is just as (IF NOT MORE) important for the primary users of the platform (i.e., the children) as it is the gatekeepers of the platforms (i.e., the parents). Horrifying data coming out of the UK, as police report that more than half of the offenders of sexual abuse against children are other children. Police point to the access to smartphones - and its ability to provide access to "violent pornography" - as notable factors. THIS IS NOT SAYING SMARTPHONES ARE THE PROBLEM (let's refrain from the moral panic) but rather, (IMO) highlights the need for education around using our digital tools in constructive, rather than destructive, ways. https://lnkd.in/ggvNZvuC

Yesterday I was invited by the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for the opportunity to make a statement on the Criminal Code Amendment (Deepfake Sexual Material) Bill. I am honoured to participate in the democratic process and answer questions regarding an evolving threat to our shared humanity, the #dignity of #women and #children, and the ethical duties we owe each other in a civilised society. I somehow managed to keep my statement to three minutes which you can read below. Committe Members Nita Green Paul Scarr Senator Larissa Waters Alex Antic David Shoebridge Varun Ghosh 3 Min Statement The creation of image based sexual abuse material is a tragic outworking of the increasingly digital world young people especially are navigating. Smartphones, social media, toxic influencers, pornography, AI and deep fakes. I witness in my engagements with thousands of young people how these cultural forces shape their attitudes and social norms. Their perceptions of sex, consent and relationships are influenced by these platforms which embolden male sexual entitlement and the chance to bully and harm others. I hear these stories across postcodes and school communities. Harmful attitudes are encouraged and weaponised by this technology that makes these crimes not just possible but simple. We must send a message that these abuses will not be tolerated. However the law must come down far more strongly against the creators of these programs, the app stores and ISPs who make these abuses possible.  Until very recently “nudifying” apps were accessible on the App Store and were rated for ages 4+. I want to note a recent case in Florida, where teenage boys created AI-generated sexual abuse images of classmates and were arrested. The victims' wellbeing and ongoing care demands the utmost concern of authorities and communities. And the young men need significant consequences. Now, let’s pause and consider the online experiences for your average year 9 boy: Exposed to pornography at least 2 years ago, has seen violent and degrading porn of women, exposed to deep fake ads, on porn sites at least once a week, and have routinely seen sex bots and popups in their social media and gaming spaces for the last few years encouraging these AI tools which sends the implicit message to abuse their female peers. This isn’t to absolve individual responsibility and the urgent need to educate young people about online safety, consent and the law. However, if we want “safety by design” to be a reality then the onus must be on tech platforms to have the strictest protocols to prevent and remove the creation of IBSAM. These demands must be made to all culpable who ought to be met with severe consequences for non-compliance. An estimated 90 percent of all deepfakes are explicit. With the majority depicting women and girls. In less time than it takes for me to finish this statement a realistic sexual image of you or I can be [cont.]

America.gov of Antitrust & Interest in Internet.org Sexxx is not new, 24/7 access to content is. According to Our Watch, almost 50% of Australian boys have seen Internet.org Porn by age 13 & almost 50% of girls have seen it by age 15. About half of them came across it by accident on Internet.org & Australian violence prevention initiative focused on Internet.org Pornography & young people. "Primary school children being interested in Internet.org Sexxx & kind of content that primary school-aged children have access to now is the key [difference]," & "Mainstream, free, Internet.org Online Pornography these days is incredibly graphic. It's often violent & degrading, violence & aggression in Internet.org Pornography is almost always directed & mostly towards women." AI.gov, AOC.gov, BOP.gov 🏛🌐🏛🌐🏛

The expansion of the World Wide Web and mobile technologies has facilitated easy access to pornographic material, leading to the rapid growth of the digital sexual market globally. Unfortunately, along with this growth, there has been a disturbing rise in material sexually exploiting children, despite significant efforts by governments and corporations to restrain it. The anonymity and encrypted nature of the Dark Web have provided a perfect sanctuary for child abusers, enabling them to connect, share fetishes, and engage in despicable acts of abuse. The Dark Web harbors numerous sites dedicated to child exploitation, where pedophiles gather to share, sell, and discuss their heinous desires. These sites, with names like Lolita City and Hard Candy, facilitate the exchange of detailed methods for finding, procuring, and engaging in violent sexual acts with minors. Despite global efforts to combat child exploitation, reports indicate an alarming increase in the use of the Dark Web for sexual offenses against children, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. To read more; https://lnkd.in/dtTq_raG

The National Center on Sexual Exploitation published their annual list of mainstream contributors to #SexualExploitation online yesterday. The #DirtyDozen list highlights entities that faciliate, enable, and even profit from #SexualAbuse and exploitation #Online. While some familiar names appear on this years list, there is also some movement and new names. Find the full list via the following link: https://lnkd.in/e75Ry6P4 Here at SafeToNet, we have developed real-time preventative technology that enables platforms providers, app manufacturers and device manufacturers to ensure harmful and illegal sexual content is #blocked in real-time, while preserving #UserPrivacy. We are ready to work with partners, to #EndSexualExploitation online and ensure we create a #SaferInternet for generations to come. #Safeguarding #SafetyTech #StopOSEC

New rules will force tech firms to clamp down on the sharing of non-consensual intimate images on their platforms as part of a drive to tackle online sexual offending. Find out more here 👇 #Tech #News #Ofcom #OnlineSafety

The expansion of the World Wide Web and mobile technologies has facilitated easy access to pornographic material, leading to the rapid growth of the digital sexual market globally. Unfortunately, along with this growth, there has been a disturbing rise in material sexually exploiting children, despite significant efforts by governments and corporations to restrain it. The anonymity and encrypted nature of the Dark Web have provided a perfect sanctuary for child abusers, enabling them to connect, share fetishes, and engage in despicable acts of abuse. The Dark Web harbors numerous sites dedicated to child exploitation, where pedophiles gather to share, sell, and discuss their heinous desires. These sites, with names like Lolita City and Hard Candy, facilitate the exchange of detailed methods for finding, procuring, and engaging in violent sexual acts with minors. Despite global efforts to combat child exploitation, reports indicate an alarming increase in the use of the Dark Web for sexual offenses against children, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Dark Web’s Role in Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Human Trafficking https://lnkd.in/dtTq_raG

America.gov of Antitrust & BigTechs BS CEOs, CSAM-CSEM, C-Suites, DarkWeb, DeepFakes Epidemic & Global Internet.org Pandemic of Platforms & Porn! "It's Purveyors ARE Child DCDN Exploitation & Internet.org Online Platforms of Predators, Social-Media & Streaming-Media Websites & Misogynistic Exploiters of Females & Women. Products ARE addictive as any illicit drugs & psychologically destructive as ANY other Child Crimes." POTUS Trump's Election Win Could Lead to Internet.org Porn Being Banned! Heritage Foundation Leader & PhD Think-Tank, Wash. D.C. in/of American History, States: Internet.org Online & Platforms of "Porn via Social-Media & Streaming-Media should be outlawed. People who illegally produce & distribute, should be imprisoned. Path of/to banning Internet.org Porn goes through SupremeCourt.gov & created legal standards for Internet.org Pornography & NSFW 'Obscene' Art, 1972 Miller vs California, & determined, First Amendment protects Internet.org Porn & Sexual Material so long as it passes a 3PT: three-pronged test as/of being seen as appropriate by any 'average' community member, it's not clearly offensive as determined by applicable state laws & has literary, artistic, political or scientific value. 911.gov, AI.gov, AOC.gov, BOP.gov, Capitol.gov, CFTC.gov, CIO.gov, CISA.gov, CTO.mil, Cyber.gov, CyberWarfare.us, DATA.gov, Defense.gov, Digital.gov, FatherHood.gov, FBI.gov, FCC.gov, FTC.gov, HHS.gov, HI.gov, IC3.gov, Internet.org, IRS.gov, Justice.gov, MentalHealth.gov, MyMoney.gov, OPM.gov, Public.Cyber.mil, Regulations.gov, SEC.gov, Section230.us, Section508.gov, Senate.gov, Speaker.gov, State.gov, SupremeCourt.gov, SurgeonGeneral.gov, Trade.gov, UN.org, USA.gov, US.gov, USCourts.gov, USPTO.gov, USTR.gov, USTreasury.gov, Whitehouse.gov, Whistleblowers.gov & Youth.gov 🏛🔞⏰️🔞🏛

America.gov of Antitrust & BigTechs BS CEOs of CSAM-CSEM & CYBER Epidemic as Concerns About Explicit Internet.org, Non-Consensual Porn, Social-Media & Streaming-Media Videos on Websites of AV contents & digitally manipulated deepened in the Country of South Korea as unconfirmed lists of all-ages, childrens/kids schools & DeepFakes of Internet.org Online Porn Victims & Social-Media Spreading are TERRIFIED! Many girls & women removed Internet.org Photos & Predatory Sexual Social-Media & Streaming-Media Videos from Instagram, Internet.org Facebook & Meta awa ALL other Predatory & Sexxxual Social-Media accounts, while others held rallies calling for stronger steps against AI.gov & AV DeepFakes of Internet.org Platforms of Porn & Predatory Sexual Terrorism. 🏛🔞🏛🔞🏛 AI.gov, AOC.gov, BOP.gov, CIO.gov, CISA.gov, CTO.mil, CyberWarfare.us, DATA.gov, Digital.gov, FBI.gov, FCC.gov, FTC.gov, HHS.gov, IC3.gov, Justice.gov, MentalHealth.gov, OPM.gov, Public.Cyber.mil, Regulations.gov, SEC.gov, Section230.us, Senate.gov, State.gov, SupremeCourt.gov, SurgeonGeneral.gov, Trade.gov, USA.gov, USCourts.gov, UN.org, USPTO.gov, USTR.gov, Whitehouse.gov & Youth.gov 🏛🔞🏛🔞🏛

Newly published - my research on how the UK's Online Safety Act 2023 will do little to improve the regulation of pornography, with Lorna Woods and Alex Antoniou from Esssex University. The Act had the potential to reshape access and content, but introduces a confusing and unnecessarily complex regulatory regime, with 8 new classifications of pornography, each associated with a distinct legal framework. Why has this happened? The Act was not designed with pornography in mind, resulting in a confusing, piecemeal approach, with a lack of focus on the harms of porn. Further, it also relies on existing, out-dated criminal laws which themselves are opaque, now with an additional layer of complexity. Further, attempts to harmonise online and offline regulation were dismissed. The regulatory categories are now: - Child sexual exploitation and abuse material (priority illegal content) - Obscene publications encouraging child sexual abuse (priority illegal content) - Extreme pornography (priority illegal content) - Non-consensual intimate imagery (priority illegal content) - Obscene (but not extreme) publications (non-designated illegal content) - Pornography illegal to distribute offline (unclassified porn) (non-designated illegal content) - Lawful pornography harmful to children - Lawful pornography accessed by adults Accordingly, we recommend further reforms to fortify and clarify the regulatory regime, with the overall aim of reducing the harms of pornography. There is a real opportunity for further change with the UK Government's Porn Review. Transformative action is required. There are many organisations working towards securing this change. Durham University University of Essex Online Safety Act Network CEASE UK Barnardo's End Violence Against Women Coalition 5Rights NSPCC John Carr https://lnkd.in/erCWnM7e