Sextortion syndicates in Asia and Africa are raking in millions from targets in places such as Britain, enabled by wire-transfer services and cryptocurrencies, while ill-equipped authorities are struggling to keep up with swiftly evolving technology.
For lust and money: when online sexual encounters end in despair and death
Sextortion syndicates in Asia and Africa are raking in millions from targets in places such as Britain, enabled by wire-transfer services and cryptocurrencies, while ill-equipped authorities are struggling to keep up with swiftly evolving technology.
Abuse and anger: inside the online groups spreading stolen, sexual images
Hundreds of posts on Telegram and other apps show non-consensual content being shared and even sold, while advocates and survivors say too little is being done to stop it. As similar groups proliferate in countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, and South Korea, some women – and a few men – have decided to take action.
Porn, privacy, and pain: how image-based abuse tears women’s lives apart
Cases of women threatened with the release of their intimate photos or videos have increased in recent years, peaking during the Covid-19 pandemic, with survivors in places such as Hong Kong, Taiwan and Malaysia struggling to have such content removed from online platforms.
Abuse and anger: inside the online groups spreading stolen, sexual images
Hundreds of posts on Telegram and other apps show non-consensual content being shared and even sold, while advocates and survivors say too little is being done to stop it. As similar groups proliferate in countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, and South Korea, some women – and a few men – have decided to take action.
Porn, privacy, and pain: how image-based abuse tears women’s lives apart
Cases of women threatened with the release of their intimate photos or videos have increased in recent years, peaking during the Covid-19 pandemic, with survivors in places such as Hong Kong, Taiwan and Malaysia struggling to have such content removed from online platforms.
Cases of women threatened with the release of their intimate photos or videos have increased in recent years, peaking during the Covid-19 pandemic, with survivors in places such as Hong Kong, Taiwan and Malaysia struggling to have such content removed from online platforms.
What Carrie Lam can learn from Hong Kong’s history of riots
The best way for the embattled chief executive to find a way out of Hong Kong’s present crisis may be to look to its past, historians and former officials say. The British colonial administration weathered far more violent affairs.
The best way for the embattled chief executive to find a way out of Hong Kong’s present crisis may be to look to its past, historians and former officials say. The British colonial administration weathered far more violent affairs.
What next for Hong Kong’s extradition bill protesters?
Weeks in and Hong Kong’s anti-extradition bill protesters feel they have little to show for their efforts. As despair sets in, will defiance fade – or burn brighter?
How one woman took on Mongolia’s mining industry to save the snow leopards
Bayarjargal Agvaantseren roused local communities and politicians to prevent mines destroying the magnificent mountain cat’s habitat – home to a population of snow leopards that is the world’s second largest after China.
What Carrie Lam can learn from Hong Kong’s history of riots
The best way for the embattled chief executive to find a way out of Hong Kong’s present crisis may be to look to its past, historians and former officials say. The British colonial administration weathered far more violent affairs.
What next for Hong Kong’s extradition bill protesters?
Weeks in and Hong Kong’s anti-extradition bill protesters feel they have little to show for their efforts. As despair sets in, will defiance fade – or burn brighter?
How one woman took on Mongolia’s mining industry to save the snow leopards
Bayarjargal Agvaantseren roused local communities and politicians to prevent mines destroying the magnificent mountain cat’s habitat – home to a population of snow leopards that is the world’s second largest after China.