The rise of social media and child influencers has brought with it a murky underworld where men lust over kids in private chat channels and innocent images become deepfake pornography.
Social media is housing an online underworld where young girls' photos and videos are being "exploited" and consumed by men.
Comments such as "beautiful", "bloody hot", "gorgeous", "so cute", "so attractive" or "babe" flood Rosie's page, often accompanied by fire or heart emojis. Many of these appear to be from men. But some of their accounts are being targeted by strangers who lust over them, make sexual comments on their pages and sometimes even download their images, exchanging them on other social media sites.
BrandArmy describes itself as a place for athletes, musicians, models and creatives to grow their brand and get paid. After being shown Rosie's BrandArmy account, eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant described it as "gross"."This is selling and commodifying your child's innocence, and we're never going to be able to sterilise the internet. These images will follow this young woman throughout her life.When Four Corners flagged accounts featuring sexualised content with BrandArmy, the company took them down.
"I receive one or two direct messages a week asking, 'Can you dance for me' … 'Can you send pics of your feet'."Kate once reported a user who messaged saying "you look extremely beautiful and attractive" and asked if the nine-year-old would like to become his "sugar baby".Instagram's parent company Meta responded to her complaint with: "Because of the high volume of reports that we receive, we couldn't review this chat".
Four Corners has found private chats where users share deepfake porn with young girls' faces superimposed on the bodies. One user posted: "I need to see her in person, they live near me. I just saw the mom post the park near my house." The eSafety Commissioner, who has civil powers under the Online Safety Act, can currently order child sexual abuse material to be removed.
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