this post was submitted on 23 Mar 2025
149 points (100.0% liked)

World News

44584 readers
4382 users here now

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.


Lemmy World Partners

News [email protected]

Politics [email protected]

World Politics [email protected]


Recommendations

For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

WARNING: This story contains references to suicide, sexual abuse, violence, graphic material and language that may be upsetting to some readers.

top 10 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

“You're telling me that these people are trafficking child sexual abuse material, adhere to neo-Nazi satanic cult principles and also engage in terrorism? How strange does that sound? How otherworldly does that sound? “

Ok, the article is shocking, but based on what we're seeing in the U.S.?

No, this doesn't seem otherworldly at all. Children are almost entirely influenced by their environment. The perpetrators, teens and children themselves, are likely exposed to abuses that are tolerated in neo-Nazi groups. Look at republican statements in the US.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

There was a story about two teens in Germany recruited to a private discord through I think Roblox, a bellingcat podcast on use of games as recruitment mentioned it.

The act of helping in the game builds trust fast and speeds up the recruitment.

Luckily these two went to the police after the blackmail/encouragement/ conditioning escalated to performing real world violence.

How many others didn't? Or were pushed slower so they were more caught up?

Awful stuff. And we have the UK shutting down local biking forums and fedi servers to protect children.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

She told The Fifth Estate she was sexually abused for years by a family member, and by age 12 it led her to self-harm. Trinity said she also struggled with substance abuse and attempted suicide multiple times.

And then her mother has the gall to complain that the law enforcement wasn't doing much to help her daughter or were able break into her phone when she couldn't "remember" her password, mother of the year over here.

If your kid ends up in such places online, it's proof you are a shit parent and should have never had kids in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago

How fucking useless were the police? They couldn't unlock her phone so they did nothing. It's like it was an excuse to not give a shit. Appalling.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

“The most horrendous part about it is it is minors doing this to minors."

Most crimes against teenagers are committed by teenagers IMO. This should not be surprising.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Fuck Roblox

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Thanks for sharing. I x-posted it in [email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Holy shit this is insane.

[–] Haess 3 points 2 days ago

Seems to be a worldwide issue with varying goals at the moment.