User:Jocelynn19/Cybersex trafficking

Social media[edit]
Perpetrators use Facebook and other social media technologies.

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They use fake job listings in order to lure in victims. They do this by creating fake job agencies to get victims to meet with the perpetrator. These fake job listing can be things such as modeling gigs. Social media makes it easier for perpetrators to groom multiple people at once. They continuously send friend request to increase their chances of getting a victim. Social media gives perpetrators the platform to hide their identity. On social media you can portray to be who ever you want. Therefore, perpetrators use fake accounts to get victims attention. Most perpetrators pose as an attractive person who is living a lavish life. This is used to attract vulnerable users who desire those luxuries. People who desperately desire a luxury living are the easiest targets. They fall for the manipulation that they too can live a life like those fake accounts. Furthermore, younger people are more likely to be victims to cybersex on social media. They are less aware and still learning how to use social media. In addition, adolescents are the more vulnerable on social media because they are exploring. Adolescents can use social media to explore their sexuality. This makes them more accessible to perpetrators. Without guidance adolescents are at risk of falling for the tricks used to lure them into cybersex. In addition, they are less likely to detect when their security is at risk. Perpetrators fake a romantic relationship with the victims on social media to exploit them. Perpetrators will convince victims to perform the the sexual acts. They can perform these sexual acts through tools such as webcams. More common on social media is to send pictures or videos. Victims send explicit pictures or videos because they trust the "friend" they have on social media. The victims will do it out of "love" or naiveness. Others have do the performances out of fear. They can be threaten with information they previously shared with the perpetrator when they befriended them. However, it becomes an endless cycle when they perform the sexual acts once. After victims do these sexual acts, perpetrators use it as leverage. Perpetrators threaten them to do more sexual acts or they have will be share to their family and friends the one that they have of them.

They use online sites such as Instagram to promote sex services.