Law School, University of Tasmania, Australia.
Jill Dando Institute of Security & Crime Science, University College London, UK.
Child Abuse Negl. 2024 Sep;155:106955. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106955. Epub 2024 Aug 1.
Online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is a growing problem. Prevention charities, such as Stop It Now! UK, use online messaging to dissuade users from viewing CSAM and to encourage them to consider anonymous therapeutic interventions. This experiment used a honeypot website that purported to contain barely legal pornography, which we treated as a proxy for CSAM. We examined whether warnings would dissuade males (18-30 years) from visiting the website. Participants (n = 474) who attempted to access the site were randomly allocated to one of four conditions. The control group went straight to the landing page (control; n = 100). The experimental groups encountered different warning messages: deterrence-themed with an image (D3; n = 117); therapeutic-themed (T1; n = 120); and therapeutic-themed with an image (T3; n = 137). We measured the click through to the site. Three quarters of the control group attempted to enter the pornography site, compared with 35 % to 47 % of the experimental groups. All messages were effective: D3 (odds ratio [OR] = 5.02), T1 (OR = 4.06) and T2 (OR = 3.05). Images did not enhance warning effectiveness. We argue that therapeutic and deterrent warnings are useful for CSAM-prevention.
在线儿童性虐待材料（CSAM）是一个日益严重的问题。预防慈善机构，如英国的“现在就停止！”（Stop It Now! UK），利用在线信息来劝阻用户观看 CSAM，并鼓励他们考虑接受匿名治疗干预。本实验使用了一个看似包含未成年色情内容的蜜罐网站，将其作为 CSAM 的替代品。我们研究了警告是否会阻止男性（18-30 岁）访问该网站。试图访问该网站的参与者（n=474）被随机分配到四个条件之一。对照组直接进入登录页面（对照组；n=100）。实验组遇到了不同的警告信息：有图像的威慑主题（D3；n=117）；治疗主题（T1；n=120）；以及有图像的治疗主题（T3；n=137）。我们测量了点击进入网站的次数。四分之三的对照组试图进入色情网站，而实验组的这一比例为 35%至 47%。所有的信息都很有效：D3（比值比 [OR] = 5.02）、T1（OR = 4.06）和 T2（OR = 3.05）。图像并没有增强警告的有效性。我们认为，治疗和威慑警告对于 CSAM 预防是有用的。
