"Indecency in the air"
It is a new type of crime that is parasitic on the network medium
It is also a crime committed against minors
Criminals to satisfy deformed desires
Tricking, threatening, etc. through the Internet
Contactless indecent assault on a minor in a virtual space
It caused great harm to the victim's physical, mental and family members
Article 9, paragraph 1 of the "Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases of Rape and Indecency with Minors" provides that where minors are coerced or tricked into exposing their private body parts or committing obscene acts through online video chats or sending videos or photos, and the provisions of Criminal Law article 237 are met, they are to be convicted and punished as the crime of compulsory indecency or child molestation.
"Indecency in the air" has the following characteristics:
Concealment and deception
The criminal act of "indecency with children" does not have direct physical contact with children, and criminals often "specially advise" children to be carried out in a separate and closed room for some reason in advance, and the children do not realize that they have been violated in a short period of time.
The means of committing crimes are diverse
Criminals often deceive the trust of the victim children through high-paying part-time jobs, recruiting child stars, impersonating doctors for physical examinations, making friends, etc., and then carry out specific indecent acts after forming psychological control over the violated children.
Lasts longer
Due to its strong concealment, criminal behavior is often not easily detected by parents, so the duration of criminal behavior tends to be longer. Judging from the judicial cases reported by the Supreme People's Court, cases of "indecency with children in the air" last for a minimum of a few days and as long as five years.
Huge Hazard
The crime of "indecency in the air" relies on internet platforms, and most criminals will store relevant images and videos in the process of committing indecency, and even carry out secondary processing and spread to the outside world, causing lasting harm to the violated children.
Let's take a look at a real-world example:
Case 1
Case of child molestation by Feng. Feng Moumou (male, 22 years old) has a pedophilia, and since July 2020, he has added 17 underage women as friends on a short video platform on the grounds of being a target, gaining trust through rhetoric, or using a few yuan red envelopes to trick the other party into taking private video photos to satisfy lust, after Feng Moumou was caught, the police found more than 20 nude videos of minors in his electronic devices. At present, Feng Moumou is under criminal detention by the police on suspicion of child molestation.
Case 2
Case of child molestation by Li. Li Moumou (male, 19 years old) has a perverted psychology due to long-term browsing of pornographic websites, and after a short video platform unsuccessfully asked for nude photos from adult women, he began to target underage women in 2020, and added WeChat friends to ask for nude photos and selfie videos by impersonating women of the same age and other means, or tricked the other party into chatting with him naked in videos and recording the screen with his mobile phone, with more than 40 minors victimized. At present, Li Moumou is under criminal detention by the police on suspicion of child molestation.
The methods of criminals are not sophisticated or sophisticated, but due to the strong curiosity of minors, lack of self-protection awareness, and weak ability to discern harm, they are very susceptible to hints and temptations.
In the work of the police, it was found that after being violated, minors did not dare to take the initiative to tell their parents or report to the police out of fear; some parents, after learning about it, not only severely criticized their children, but also deliberately concealed relevant evidence and were unwilling to assist the police in carrying out investigations, which also indirectly led to the criminals committing crimes continuously without being discovered by the police.
Q
How to prevent "indecent assault"?
1
Parents should pay attention to their children's daily online habits, browsing content, social activities, and other such situations, and should pay attention to the cultivation of children's network security prevention capabilities, and educate children on how to identify and handle negative information on the Internet.
2
Parents should carry out sex education and online security education for their children appropriate to their age groups, teach children to identify common methods of online sexual assault, and increase their awareness and ability to protect themselves against online sexual assault.
Q
What should I do if I encounter "indecency in the air"?
1
Educate children not to believe the rhetoric and Internet fraud information of netizens; do not disclose the personal information and private images of themselves and their families, turn off the location markers; do not meet strangers and refuse to send any photos and videos of themselves; in case of illegal infringement, they must learn to keep evidence, such as chat records, pictures, videos, etc., and tell their parents what they have encountered in a timely manner.
2
After parents find that their children have been violated, they should not blindly criticize and blame, but should promptly report to the public security organs for help, and actively assist in providing relevant evidence materials to provide support for the police's crackdown work. At the same time, it is necessary to do a good job of comforting, caring and enlightening education to help children get out of the shadows and minimize the damage.
Most importantly
In the face of unlawful infringement
Be brave enough to take up the weapon of the law to protect yourself!