The Prosecutor’s Office affirms that the confinement and massive use of the Internet exposed minors more to cyberbullying for sexual purposes.
A report from the Prosecutor’s Office indicates that the access of minors to electronic devices during the Covid-19 pandemic made them more vulnerable to messages from cyberbullying and cyber mafias operated with more force.
According to the Office of the Prosecutor, between March and August 2020 in Ecuador, 70 cases of sexual cyberbullying of minors have been reported, in all of 2020 there are 203 cases in total.
These days, a case was presented in Colombia and involves Ecuador.
Carolina Hernández, from Medellín, detailed how an account operates on TikTok, which tried to abuse her 8-year-old younger sister. The young woman said that a phone number with an Ecuador code (593) sent her messages via WhatsApp. The little girl gave notice to her parents in time, so the family was able to contact the Colombian Police, who are investigating the case.
In Ecuador, cyberbullying of minors for sexual purposes is typified in article 173 of the Comprehensive Organic Criminal Code (COIP).
There it says the following: The person who through an electronic or telematic means proposes to arrange a meeting with a person under 18 years of age, provided that such proposal is accompanied by material acts aimed at rapprochement with sexual or erotic purposes, will be sanctioned with imprisonment of one to three years.
How do these networks operate?
Use a photo of the same age as the minor who is contacted. Children, who are victims, often believe that they are talking to a minor their own age.
The minors begin to have confidence, the criminals manipulate them and achieve a rapprochement, then they begin to write about problems at home, student problems, related things.
In social networks we upload food, hobbies, many more things. Based on these data, sexual predators gain confidence and propose a COL1 encounter for sexual purposes. In that physical contact there may be rape, sexual contact or child pornography, says the Prosecutor’s Office. (C.D.A.)
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