Title: Sweetie 2.0 : using artificial intelligence to fight webcam child sex tourism /
Authors: Hof, Simone van der; Georgieva, Ilina; Schermer, Bart Willem, 1978-; Koops, Bert-Jaap
Year: 2019
Subjects: Child pornography Law and legislation; Child sexual abuse Law and legislation; Online sexual predators Law and legislation.; Internet and children; Internet Safety measures; Internet Security measures; Child pornography Law and legislation; Child sexual abuse Law and legislation; Internet and children; Internet Safety measures; Internet Security measures
Abstract: This book centres on Webcam Child Sex Tourism and the Sweetie Project initiated by the children's rights organization Terre des Hommes in 2013 in response to the exponential increase of online child abuse. Webcam child sex tourism is a growing international problem, which not only encourages the abuse and sexual exploitation of children and provides easy access to child-abuse images, but which is also a crime involving a relatively low risk for offenders as live-streamed webcam performances leave few traces that law enforcement can use. Moreover, webcam child sex tourism often has a cross-border character, which leads to jurisdictional conflicts and makes it even harder to obtain evidence, launch investigations or prosecute suspects. 0Sweetie 2.0 was developed with an automated chat function to track, identify and deter individuals using the internet to sexually abuse children. Using chatbots allows the monitoring of larger parts of the internet to locate and identify (potential) offenders, and to send them messages to warn of the legal consequences should they proceed further.0But using artificial intelligence raises serious legal questions. For instance, is sexually interacting with a virtual child actually a criminal offence? How do rules of criminal procedure apply to Sweetie as investigative software? Does using Sweetie 2.0 constitute entrapment? This book, the outcome of a comparative-law research initiative by Leiden University's Center for Law and Digital Technologies (eLaw) and the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT), addresses the application of substantive criminal law and criminal procedure to Sweetie 2.0 within various jurisdictions around the world.
Contents: Chapter 1. Legal Aspects of Sweetie 2.0 -- Chapter 2. Sexual-Orientated Online Chat Conversations -- Characteristics and Testing Pathways -- Chapter 3. Sweetie 2.0 Technology: Technical Challenges of Making the Sweetie 2.0 Chatbot -- Chapter 4. Substantive and Procedural Legislation in Australia to Combat Webcam-Related Child Sexual Abuse -- Chapter 5. Substantive and Procedural Legislation in Belgium to Combat Webcam-Related Sexual Child Abuse -- Chapter 6. Substantive and Procedural Legislation in the Republic of Croatia to Combat Webcam-Related Child Sexual Abuse -- Chapter 7. Substantive and Procedural Legislation in England and Wales to Combat Webcam-Related Child Sexual Abuse -- Chapter 8. Substantive and Procedural Legislation in Estonia to Combat Webcam-Related Child Sexual Abuse -- Chapter 9. Substantive and Procedural Legislation in Israel to Combat Webcam-Related Child Sexual Abuse -- Chapter 10. Substantive and Procedural Legislation in the Netherlands to Combat Webcam-Related Child Sexual Abuse -- Chapter 11. Substantive and Procedural Legislation in the Philippines to Combat Webcam-Related Child Sexual Abuse -- Chapter 12. Substantive and Procedural Legislation in United States of America to Combat Webcam-Related Child Sexual Abuse.