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
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;
Journal_Title :
Internet Computing, IEEE
