DocumentCode
1098
Title
On the Presence of Child Sex Abuse in BitTorrent Networks
Author
Shavitt, Yuval ; Zilberman, Noa
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electr. Eng., Tel-Aviv Univ., Tel-Aviv, Israel
Volume
17
Issue
3
fYear
2013
fDate
May-June 2013
Firstpage
60
Lastpage
66
Abstract
Peer-to-peer networks´ widespread use makes multimedia files available to users worldwide. However, such networks are often used to spread illegal material while the data source and acquiring users remain anonymous. This article analyzes activity measurements in the BitTorrent network and examines child sex abuse activity through three major BitTorrent Web portals.
Keywords
gender issues; law; multimedia computing; peer-to-peer computing; portals; social sciences; BitTorrent Web portals; BitTorrent networks; activity measurements; child sex abuse activity; data source; illegal material; multimedia files; peer-to-peer network; Information filtering; Information retrieval; Internet; Law enforcement; Peer to peer computing; Portals; Privacy; Web search; BitTorrent; P2P; child sex abuse; file sharing; peer to peer;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Internet Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1089-7801
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MIC.2013.2
Filename
6407128
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