Talk Radio Paradise

miniming · Prof. Member Geregistreerd op: 18 Apr 2021 Berichten: 70

Missing children

The UK's national lead for child protection policing Chief Constable Simon Bailey, says it is "increasingly clear" that OnlyFans is being used by children.

While it is illegal to post or share explicit images of someone under the age of 18, Mr Bailey says the police are extremely reluctant to criminalise children for such offences. He says he is more concerned about the risks children are exposing themselves to by appearing on the site.

"The company are not doing enough to put in place the safeguards that prevent children exploiting the opportunity to generate money, but also for children to be exploited," Mr Bailey says.

BBC News asked police forces about complaints they had received involving children appearing on the site.

One 17-year-old girl in South Wales complained to police that she was blackmailed into continuing to post nudes on OnlyFans, or face photographs from the site being shared with her family.

Three children also complained to police that their images had been uploaded to the site without consent, including a 17-year-old in Surrey who said her face had been edited onto someone else's body.

OnlyFans says it cannot respond to these cases without being provided with account details, which the police were unable to pass on to us. It says it has a number of systems in place to prevent children from accessing the site and continues to look for new ways to enhance them.

But there are also concerns about the welfare of vulnerable young people outside UK.

Missing children are increasingly being linked to OnlyFans videos, says the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), known as a global clearing house for reports of child sexual exploitation.

"In 2019 there were around a dozen children known to be missing being linked with content on OnlyFans," says its vice president, Staca Shehan. "Last year the number of those cases nearly tripled."

While much of the content on OnlyFans featuring children involves teenagers uploading their own content, NCMEC says it is also finding evidence of child sexual exploitation and trafficking.

In January, a couple from Florida who were in their 20s were charged with human trafficking after allegedly selling a topless photograph of a 16-year-old girl on OnlyFans.

OnlyFans says it works with online exploitation agencies like NCMEC to raise any potential issues with the relevant authorities.

Read More : PGSLOT WALLET