Sexual violence online attracts more and more Portuguese youth, and the issue has reached Brussels
The state of rape in Lawrs, in the area To curseShocked Portugal. It is claimed that three young influencers are taking a 16 -year -old girl and hung the video on social networks. Pictures were seen before 32,000 people without one complaint.
The three suspects, between the ages of 17 and 19, were arrested, but later released, topics in periodic appearances in front of the authorities and the ban on contact with the victim. Hundreds of people demonstrated last Saturday in front of the Republic Association in Lisbon, carrying signs with the message “The violation is not photographed, it’s convicted” It requires the most difficult forced measures.
“Forced measures tolerate such serious cases. In this specified case, they are influential and have their platforms with many followers, I think so It was at least fair that they commented While the investigation continues, “Euronews” explains a protester belonging to the spontaneous group consisting of seven women who organized the protest. ” Violations are increasingly methodological and the law does nothing. It is a condemnation of suspense. And these men, what they did is a dangerous matter, is a crime and Women should be at least reservesAnother protester, the father of two daughters, said.
Representatives of some political parties in the demonstration defended that the violation should constitute a Public crimeAnd that is classified in Portugal as the person who started his previous procedures by the Public Prosecutor’s Office after knowing the crime, without convicting the person with the injury of the operation. They also defended that social media platforms should bear the responsibility for publishing this type of content.
“There is Machismo, the problem is that Macho has become prophets on the Internet and polluted an entire generation,” the left bloc coordinator, Mariana Mortage, told reporters. “It needs Social network rules And you have to carry the platforms of what is happening. “
For her part, Livri Isabel Mendes Lopez said Gender inequality “Es Structuralism“, but” Networks intensified novels We must fight, “and remember that” several times do not realize the violence “that their sons and daughters are exposed to. Detainment mechanisms and protection Of the victims and the introduction of self -defense measures in the school content.
An organization that supports the victims of sexual violence
Inês Marinho saw how an intimate video clip was widely posted on the social network telegram. Looking at this violation of intimate familiarity and similar cases, decided to create the movement “Do not participate” This, in 2021, became a link Support in Victims of sexual violence on the basis of the image.
“I think that with all these groups that share intimate content, with all these people who speak publicly and violence against women, this crime is already. Trivial And normalization and People are movingHe explains 27 years to “Eurono”.
Inês Marinho also believes that “the aggressors feel the number, especially when it comes to online crimes,” given that they are protected behind the screen. At the end of last year, the Portuguese magazine NIT brought a Portuguese channel cable in 70,000 men who participated and saw intimate pictures of women Without his approval.
Anxiety against the youth exhibition to the Internet
It is easy to expose young people to the Internet at an increasingly age Access to porn content and violence. This also confirms the recent annual internal security report (RASI), which indicates that there are WhatsApp groups referred to by the authorities established by children between the ages of 10 and 13 years as multimedia content of high pornography and violence is shared.
“When they see pornographic images, they distort what is the essence of sexual activity, and therefore, and, thus, Absorbing completely inappropriate concepts or behaviors For a normal life, as a couple, as a family. This often explains the behaviors that they believe are a way in relation to others, “explains” Euronws “Melanie Tavares, a psychological and coordinated world of the APOIO à Criança Institute.
Also according to my head, in Analyze the crime of youth Sexual nature crimes prevail in particular Sexual assault on minors committed by the palace The Portuguese Internal Security System also highlights the crime of pornography from children through applications such as Discord or WhatsApp, “used to exchange sexual and porn archives.”
According to a report from the Center for missing and exploited children, it is estimated One of every eight children in the world Es A victim of a kind of sexual violence online Or in real life, in front of every five children in Europe. The most conservative estimates also indicate that approximately 200 million pieces of content, photos or videos that appear to a child who is widely abused online on the Internet between 2021 and 2023. This includes three common online content per second in space.
The publication of intimate photos in Portugal reaches Brussels
The case of the alleged violation of Lawrs also arrived in Brussels. Socialism Eurodiputa Ana Catarina Mendes on Tuesday, Tuesday, the European Commission on “annoying facts” to publish the video of the alleged violation and share intimate images that did not agree in Portugal, Claiming the performance of the European Union.
Last week, the Portuguese newspaper “Jornal De Notícias” revealed that photographs and videos of several students from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Porto (FEP) have been taken without approval and participation in a group of WhatsAppIt is assumed by members of the Student Association.
propaganda“Participation and posted a video recently about an alleged violation of a minor by three young people in Portugal is Very anxious. At the same way, the photographs taken under the skirts of women at a university were shared. These terrible works not only violate the basic rights, but also raises serious issues on online security and Protecting people, especially women, in digital spaceHe says in a message signed by the Portuguese socialist delegation and sent on Tuesday to the CEO of society.
Anna Katarina Mendes also asks in the new context Digital Services LawWhich organizes large platforms online, how “the committee will ensure that social media platforms quickly remove harmful contents”, for example, for example these companies. “What measures will the committee take? To prevent downloading or posting the video? And “What are the measures that the committee will take to ensure that social media platforms respect their obligations to prevent the spread of invisible materials? He asks for socialism Eurodiputa.
Do not participate, complaint
Publishing sexual videos without approval is a crime. “Euronews” collected some of the reported platforms and communications.
