Abstract

DELGADO COTO, Sergio  and  FRANCA TARRAGO, Omar. ONLINE TRAFFIC OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CONTENTS: AN EXPLORATORY RESEARCH AMONG 10 COUNTRIES IN LATIN AMERICA WITH FOCUS ON URUGUAY. Cienc. Psicol. [online]. 2014, vol.8, n.1, pp.55-67. ISSN 1688-4221.

The status of 10 Latin American countries regarding the traffic of online child pornography was explored, focusing on Uruguay, in the 2011 annual period and the first eight months of 2012. The software “Florencio” allowed to trace the downloading of child porn contents in “peer to peer” (p2p) Ares Galaxy (Ares) platform. Additionally, the Internet addresses (IPs) involved were identified. Uruguayan results suggest that the increased download is concentrated in the summer time. The presence of a possible download stimulating factor linked with the spread of the topic in the mass media can be seen, as well as a rising trend of the activity. The “Participation in the Online Child Downloading Pornographic Content” rate (PDMPIO) was constructed for research purposes. It shows the number of people who have downloaded at least one file tagged as online child pornography for every 20,000 residents with Internet access. In this sense, Uruguay has the highest rate among the 10 countries explored

Keywords : childhood; adolescence; sexual abuse; paraphilia; pedophilia.

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