Livestreamed crime

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Livestreamed crime is a phenomenon in which people publicly

Facebook Live
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Due to the fact that livestreams are accessible instantaneously, it is difficult to quickly detect and moderate violent content, and almost impossible to protect the privacy of victims or bystanders.[1][2][3][4] Livestreaming crime allows anyone from the public to become a distant witness.[5]

History

In April 2016, Marina Lonina, age 18; and Raymond Gates, age 29, were arrested in

Periscope.[6][7] The prosecutor pointed out that Lonina, who was taken advantage of by a much older man, had become "caught up" in her excitement over the number of "likes" she was getting, and is shown on screen "laughing and giggling".[6] Joss Wright of the Oxford Internet Institute pointed out that, given the "volume of content being created and uploaded every day, [there] is almost no practical way to prevent content like this being uploaded and shared".[7]

By May, The New York Times was including the Periscope rape as one of a series of recent cases in which crimes were live streamed. These included one in which a young woman in Égly, France, speaks via Periscope about her distress and suicidal thoughts and is apparently encouraged by viewers to kill herself, which she does by throwing herself under a train. Also included was the case of two teenagers who live stream themselves bragging and laughing as they beat up a drunken man in a bar in Bordeaux, France.[8]

Types

Cybersex trafficking

Cybersex trafficking, also referred to as live streaming sexual abuse,

cryptocurrencies to hide their identities.[22] Millions of reports of its occurrence are sent to authorities annually.[23] New laws and police procedures are needed to combat this type of cybercrime.[24]

War crimes and cyberterrorism