BOLIVIA l Increase in digital violence rates

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27/11/2025 FTS 04.30  In Bolivia, digital violence, an increasingly common form of aggression against children and adolescents, has been classified as a crime punishable by 3 to 15 years in prison. teleSUR  These and more stories now!  🌐Join teleSUR's community and be part of a space where your ideas matter.  https://chat.whatsapp.com/KLABTE41aSj3ioYabXQQ6K 🗣 Don't be left behind, join teleSUR's Channel https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va98Z437Noa2tjytCt1N Web💬 https://www.telesurenglish.net/ X🧶 https://twitter.com/telesurenglish Instagram 📸 https://www.instagram.com/telesurenglish/?hl=es Facebook 📱 https://www.facebook.com/teleSUREnglishOfficial Youtube ⏯ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmuTmpLY35O3csvhyA6vrkg Tiktok👌🏼 https://www.tiktok.com/@telesurenglish?_t=8hMLCY0a6z7&_r=1

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00:00Now to Bolivia, digital violence, an increasingly common form of aggression against children and adolescents,

00:06has been classified as a crime punishable by 3 to 15 years in prison.

00:11A recent study shows that nearly one-third of women in the country are affected.

00:16Our correspondent, Freddy Morales, gives us the details.

00:19Crimes related to human trafficking and smuggling, especially for the purpose of sexual exploitation,

00:26have increased in the country due to the widespread use of social media.

00:32Recruitment is the easiest thing that can happen, not only as a form of entertainment,

00:36when a child or teenager joins social media to view platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok,

00:42but especially when these teenage victims are looking for a job, how to earn money,

00:46and social media plays a fundamental role because behind those WhatsApp numbers,

00:50those Facebook posts, there are sexual exploiters, pimps, traffickers.

00:56A recent study involving the United Nations Agency for Combating Sexual Violence verified last year

01:04that the phenomenon is growing and spreading.

01:09We have discovered that 27% of women are victims of digital violence,

01:13that 22% of these victims are victims of recruitment for the trafficking and smuggling of adolescent women,

01:19girls, and boys as well.

01:20It has been discovered how violence through social media directly affects the economic lives of women.

01:29For example, posting deepfics or defaming a woman and uploading it to social media

01:34then impacts her chances of getting a job, her chances of accessing scholarships, and of getting promoted.

01:39The prosecutor's office has incorporated digital violence into its investigations and police work

01:50in connection with crimes related to pornography and sexual exploitation.

01:55Now we see someone invisible behind a cell phone, and the parent, even if they set the appropriate restrictions,

02:06these people exclusively disguised their identity to look like a teenager, a girl or boy,

02:12and achieved their goal, obtaining pornographic images, and then extorting these children and teenagers.

02:18And at the beginning of last September, the outgoing government enacted a law that adds five new crimes

02:29to the penal code related to this social phenomenon.

02:36This law penalizes those who produce, purchase, sell, or distribute.

02:40In other words, we are already providing broad protection in this area

02:44so that people are clearly aware that they cannot consume this type of material

02:48when children, teenage girls, and even women who are being extorted

02:52by the production of this type of material.

02:57The new legislation imposes penalties ranging from 3 to 15 years in prison

03:03for crimes related to digital violence,

03:06and the police have expanded their investigations into cybercrime

03:09to assist prosecutors in their work.

03:11The most common form of recruitment is the offer of work in the country and abroad,

03:15modeling, and romance.

03:17Freddy Morales, Telesurb, Bolivia

03:19Freddy Morales

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