Child Abusers Run Rampant as Tech Companies Look the Other Way

Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=52139"><span class="small">Michael H. Keller and Gabriel J.X. Dance, The New York Times</span></a>

Sunday, 10 November 2019 09:27

Excerpt: "The two sisters live in fear of being recognized. One grew out her bangs and took to wearing hoodies. The other dyed her hair black. Both avoid looking the way they did as children."

F. and E. were sexually abused as children. A digital trail of the crimes continues to haunt the sisters a decade later. (photo: Kholood Eid/NYT)

Child Abusers Run Rampant as Tech Companies Look the Other Way

By Michael H. Keller and Gabriel J.X. Dance, The New York Times

10 November 19

Though platforms bar child sexual abuse imagery on the web, criminals are exploiting gaps. Victims are caught in a living nightmare, confronting images again and again.

he two sisters live in fear of being recognized. One grew out her bangs and took to wearing hoodies. The other dyed her hair black. Both avoid looking the way they did as children.

Ten years ago, their father did the unthinkable: He posted explicit photos and videos on the internet of them, just 7 and 11 at the time. Many captured violent assaults in their Midwestern home, including him and another man drugging and raping the 7-year-old.

The men are now in prison, but in a cruel consequence of the digital era, their crimes are finding new audiences. The two sisters are among the first generation of child sexual abuse victims whose anguish has been preserved on the internet, seemingly forever.

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