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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)
submitted 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) by Deep@mander.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 10 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

You don't just accidentally stumble upon a honey pot/illegal website, you intentionally stumble into them by going to shady websites, and then clicking links to even shadier websites.

Why would you click on the links to these shadier websites? Because the thumbnails approximate what you're looking for; barely legal teens, only not barely.

Pedophelic interest doesn't "ignite". It's not like other kinks/fetishes which require exposure to discover.

The real immorality of the issue should come from the fact that the honey pots are still using child sexual abuse material, which is almost certainly used without the adult victims consent.

This does raise an interesting ethical dilemma; if an adult consents to law enforcement using CSAM made while they were a minor for the purposes of identifying individuals with the capacity to cause harm, or contribute financially to those causing harm - is that ethical?

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

You don’t just accidentally stumble upon a honey pot/illegal website

That is probably true, I have never seen such a site myself, and if I stumbled upon it, I would leave immediately.

The real immorality of the issue should come from the fact that the honey pots are still using child sexual abuse material, which is almost certainly used without the adult victims consent.

I don't get how that can be legal. But USA is very extreme with their double standards in their laws.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 8 hours ago

usually those kinks and fetishes are not found in the traditional PH-type websites so the user look for sites that are off the grid, like yo said shady sketchy and one of them leads to CP eventually.