BOYS FROM 70 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS CREATE MASSIVE PORN-SHARING GROUP USING NUDES OF GIRLS AT SCHOOL
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More than 70 Australian schools are targets for a perverse pornography ring of teen boys and young men secretly swapping and exchanging graphic sexual images of female students and other non-consenting women.
News.com.au reports that more than 2,000 images have been posted or traded by Australian members since the group began operating in December last year.
A Sick, Degrading Game
Here’s how it works: young men use the site to nominate the specific high school or region they are phishing for nude photos from, along with the full names of girls they are “hunting”. Hundreds of individual names have appeared on “wanted” lists, including the names of sisters and entire high school friendship circles.
Once a girl’s name appears on a list, other members of the group then “contribute” by posting identifying information about the intended victim, such as her full name, face, school, home address, and phone number, along with directives like, “Go get her boys!” Any “wins” (the term used for the nude photos) of the nominated target are then uploaded or offered in exchange for a trade. Some targets are so sought after that “bounties” have been offered for any user who can post a “win”.
In one case, one user offered to trade up to 300 nude images of other victims, in exchange for a single nude photo of the one girl he was currently tracking. Another user said he had been trying to unearth nude images of a particular victim for more than five years. One of Sydney’s most elite schools is among the 70 targeted.
Here are just a few of the thousands of comments from the site (with names changed):
“Anyone have any Birmingham wins?”
“Anyone have any St. Claire 12th grader wins?”
“I’ve got heaps of Miami High girls. Kik me if you wanna trade!”
“I ripped these from a computer I was asked to fix a few years ago.”
“Who has nudes of this b****? I hear she throws them around!”
“I’ll upload all the nudes I have if people start looking for Hunter Valley, Newcastle or Port Macquarie girls, or any hot s****”.
“I’m posting pretty much all the hottest little teens I have. All high quality images from Maitland, Newcastle, Cessnock, Rutherford etc.”
“I have a fair few of ***** ****** including a few *** shots of her.”
“What do you want for the **** * wins, bro?”
“I’ll pay good money to see the rig under **** *******, anyone have any of her?”
“Let’s make this huge!”
Thousands Of Images Uploaded
So far thousands of explicit, nude images of teen girls and young women have been uploaded or traded on the swap-meet site. Some high school girls are pictured performing sexual acts while wearing their school uniform. Other images on the site include graphic close-ups of victim’s genitalia and bodies, and photos of young women engaged in sexual acts.
The site has been reported numerous times to police for child pornography, but so far they say they are unable to act because the site is hosted overseas.
Since its creation, multiple victims have also posted on the site, pleading with the young men to remove their images. Their requests are mostly ignored, laughed at, or in some cases, men retaliate by calling on their “bros” to unearth and upload even more images of the victim.
One young woman who begged for images of her friend to be removed, then had her own name added to the wanted hit-list as punishment. Another young woman who stated that some of the victims might be “suicidal” was told that it was her fault for behaving like a “slut”, and that her images now belonged to the internet.
Most victims, however, appear to have no idea they are even on the site. Users of the site have deliberately tried to conceal their activities from victims by writing the names of targets in a simple code which prevents the girls from searching their own names. Ellie, for example, might be written as 3ll13, or Amanda as @m@nd@.
School names are also written in code to prevent high schools from detecting that their students are being targeted. Yet a review of the site has found that at least 70 Australian school names have been mentioned by users requesting “wins” of current or recently graduated students.
The site also encourages users to post their “wins” based on location, so that men and boys can study nude images of girls and women who they might know in real life.
Girls Treated Like Less Than Human
The discovery of the website follows a number of recent related scandals involving students at junior highs in Melbourne.
Sharna Bremner from End Rape on Campus says she felt “physically sick when [she] learned of the website and its contents”.
“These boys and men are behaving like a pack of hyenas hunting their prey, and then sharing the spoils with the rest of the group,” she said.
“They’re reducing girls to objects and trophies to be traded like nothing more than swap-cards in the playground”.
Ms. Bremner says that charges should be laid against those responsible and that the mentality of these men closely mirrors that of a rapist.
“There are already plenty of consensual adult nude images online that are easily accessible. But these boys and men are not interested in that, because it’s not the nudity alone that they are after,” she said. “What they are getting off on is the very fact that these images are not consensual and that the victims have no idea they are being exploited.”
Ms. Bremner also notes that the users are not searching or categorizing the images based on particular physical preferences or fetishes, “They are hunting women and girls who live in their area and sorting them according to geography. It’s the idea of proximity and accessibility that is considered arousing. The thrill is not just that they might see the girl who sits next to them in maths class, it’s also that they can put in an order for the girl from maths class. What these boys are really getting off on is the sense of power they feel over these girls, and the idea that they can own and obtain them like objects.”
Ms. Bremner says that she can “absolutely see this [website] leading to acquaintance rape.”
“If you’re a young guy who has been told by your peers that getting images without consent is a good thing, that it gets you pats on the back, then just imagine the accolades you’ll get for physically taking advantage of a girl. This group doesn’t just normalize the idea that consent is irrelevant and doesn’t matter, it actively encourages boys to ignore and violate consent.”
Police are encouraging any victims to come forward and report it.
Stories like this are why we fight porn. The rise of porn culture in our generation is the reason for the popularity and normalization of the concerning attitudes reflected in this article. We cannot be okay with anyone being evaluated for parts and bartered around, like this sick and degrading hobby. Not only is this completely appalling, it’s also a serious crime. At least in the U.S., possessing, distributing, or receiving a pornographic image of someone under the age of 18 is a federal offense, punishable by up to 15 to 30 years in prison. And yet, with the rise in porn, illegal and completely disgusting games like these are only increasing in popularity.
Time to drop some statistics. At least 40% of today’s teens are involved in sending and receiving sexually suggestive messages through the use of those nifty little cellular devices that we’re all constantly glued to. More than 22% of teen girls report sending semi-nude or nude pics and 18% of boys have as well. About 17% of sexters share the messages they receive with another person, and 55% of those share them with multiple people.
Bottom line: our generation is sexting a lot, which isn’t healthy. For a lot of guys and girls growing up today, there seems to be a never-ending flood of orders for a pic minus the clothes. But even aside from the sexted images involved in this sick porn ring, there are also images of girls who have no idea that they’ve been violated or photographed. This is also completely disturbing.
Porn is influencing an entire generation that people are sex objects that should be exploited and degraded. In fact, when it comes to this group, though we can’t prove it for certain, we’re convinced that porn culture has influenced these males that consent doesn’t matter, and “hunting” for sexual images of someone they know is a game to play. Where else would this type of behavior be celebrated? Only in the world of porn is lack of consent considered sexy.
http://fightthenewdrug.org/boys-from-70-different-schools-create-massive-porn-sharing-group-using-nudes-of-girls-at-school/
To add: clearly, this touched a nerve with some people on the banning of pornography in general. I personally, don't care. What I do care about is the pedophilia. THAT, I care A LOT about. The fact that these girls are hunted like this is heinous and criminal and it reiterates the glaring need to educate both our young boys and girls about the dangers of sexting and taking nude photos of yourself. As the law for sexting and minors differs from state to state, here is a great link to educate ourselves and our loved ones.
http://www.roanokecriminalattorney.com/sexting-child-pornography-laws-united-states/
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...in certain areas, especially the STEM fields. 
I am surprised to hear this of our generation. But then again, I grew up in a sheltered life.... 
Did you see forjusticethunder's post upthread? He is a millennial and his post was quite insightful on this matter.
To be clear....
Posting nude photos of someone without consent or not of legal age is a legit issue to be concerned about.
But porn where everyone is legal age and everyone is fully consenting is none of the government's fucking business. And it's not anyone elses business either. Yet this article trying very, very hard to link the two issues.
and "addiction" is a word, a subjective label. Like I said, there's plenty of evidence that people can engage in all sorts of stuff compulsively. By that token, almost anything can be considered "addictive", be it internet porn, video games, shopping, eating, etc.
The only reason anyone is calling this a "ban porn thread", is because of the text of the article. Not only was it trying to tie the criminal behavior to porn, but it is coming from a group with an agenda that is, yes, "ban porn". So going from that to "ban porn thread" isn't really that much of a stretch.
If the OP had wanted a discussion about the actual story and reprehensible behavior therein, it would have been better NOT to post an entire opinion piece, the gist of which was, this is "because porn", "this is why we fight porn" is right there in the OP, directly quoted from the article.
I think when someone posts an OP-ed (from a Christian Right advocacy group, no less) that says "this is why we fight porn", it's fairly reasonable to take away "ban porn thread". No?
But what's funny is, after defending the posting of the OP in its entirety, the person who posted the OP themselves say upthread "yeah, if you gave cameras and internet connectivity to kids 30 years ago, the same thing would probably have happened". Which NEGATES THE ENTIRE POINT OF THE OPINION PIECE THEY POSTED. Hello!
Yes, "internet porn" didn't cause this, misuse of technology, poor guidance and boundary-setting, and kids being assholes with no empathy caused it. Which is kind of what a bunch of us have been saying here, all along.
can offer you long lists of authoritative-sounding reasons why "the gay lifestyle" is harmful, too.
THIS progressive doesn't believe in telling consenting adults what they can read or watch, as long as everyone is a consenting adult, sorry.
And the situation with telling consenting adults they can't -or shouldn't- get their jollies watching other consenting adults have sex is a hell of a lot more analogous to telling consenting adults they can't -or shouldn't- have sex with other consenting adults of the same gender, than it is with smoking in an enclosed restaurant.
I mean, you can't watch porn inside most restaurants, either.
"Should/shouldnt" get their jollies, assuming again everyone is a consenting adult. That applies to gay people and it also applies to juggalos, Phil Collins fans, or people who enjoy going to the Rocky Horror Picture Show every night.
I mean, I'm all for science. but I'm also sure there are studies and arguments that some women use vibrators compulsively or they can diminish sensation or response after X amount of repetitive use, and I suspect sociologists could make arguments that having "sex" with a humming tube of C cells inherently influences women to dehumanize the sex act and their partners, or something.
But honestly, when people take it upon themsleves lecture other consenting adults about such matters, they really shouldn't be surprised when they are told to mind their own damn business.
Beyond that, FWIW, I think gambling should be legal, too. And it mostly is; just in most states, the odds are shitty, the state has a monopoly, and it is called "the lottery".
Because if Dworkin had been correct, the massive increased availability of smut that came with the internet should have resulted in a giant uptick in both sexual assault and violent crime in general.
Didnt happen, not even close.
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and my new car starts beeping incessantly the second my tires start rolling. Gggrrrrr
I mean, people obviously should wear their seat belts, but I think it's my American right to behave recklessly with my own safety. Haha 
Because it's only about 10% on the actual story, the rest is hyperbolic inferences about how adult internet porn is responsible... and perhaps not coincidentally, "fighting" adult porn is the mission of the organization.
I'd imagine there are other, better sources for the story, that don't muddy it by trying to make it about something else.
They deserve to be known for the criminal acts they are committing.
