• 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