Editing Computer-mediated communication (section)

==Crime==
[[Cybersex trafficking]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/17/world/asia/philippines-cybersex-trafficking/index.html|title=Cyber-sex trafficking: A 21st century scourge|date=July 18, 2013|website=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ijm-seeks-to-end-cybersex-trafficking-of-children-and-restartfreedom-this-cyber-monday-and-giving-tuesday-300368744.html|title=IJM Seeks to End Cybersex Trafficking of Children and #RestartFreedom this Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday|date=November 28, 2016|website=PR Newswire}}</ref><ref name="Cybersex Trafficking">{{cite web|url=https://www.ijmuk.org/our-work/cybersex-trafficking|title=Cybersex Trafficking|date=2020|website=IJM}}</ref> and other [[cyber crimes]] involve computer-mediated communication. Cybercriminals can carry out the crimes in any location where they have a computer or tablet with a [[webcam]] or a [[smartphone]] with an [[internet]] connection.<ref name="Cybersex Trafficking"/> They also rely on [[social media]] networks, [[videoconferences]], [[pornographic]] video sharing websites, dating pages, online chat rooms, apps, [[dark web]] sites,<ref name="nbcnews.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/cheap-tech-widespread-internet-access-fuel-rise-cybersex-trafficking-n886886|title=Cheap tech and widespread internet access fuel rise in cybersex trafficking|date=June 30, 2018|website=NBC News}}</ref> and other platforms.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2019/11/11/1967750/senate-probe-rise-child-cybersex-trafficking|title=Senate to probe rise in child cybersex trafficking|date= November 11, 2019|website=The Philippine Star}}</ref> They use [[online payment|online payment systems]]<ref name="nbcnews.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-trafficking-children/global-taskforce-tackles-cybersex-child-trafficking-in-the-philippines-idUSKCN1RR1D1|title=Global taskforce tackles cybersex child trafficking in the Philippines|date=April 15, 2019|website=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-trafficking-technology/webcam-slavery-tech-turns-filipino-families-into-cybersex-child-traffickers-idUSKBN1JE00X|title=Webcam slavery: tech turns Filipino families into cybersex child traffickers|date=June 17, 2018|website=Reuters}}</ref> and [[cryptocurrencies]] to hide their identities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/3008403/how-internet-fuels-sexual-exploitation-and-forced-labour|title=How the internet fuels sexual exploitation and forced labour in Asia|date=May 2, 2019|website=South China Morning Post}}</ref> Millions of reports of these crimes are sent to authorities annually.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/philippines-makes-more-child-cybersex-crime-arrests-rescues|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521223759/https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/philippines-makes-more-child-cybersex-crime-arrests-rescues|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 21, 2020|title=Philippines Makes More Child Cybersex Crime Arrests, Rescues|date=May 12, 2017|website=VOA}}</ref> New laws and police procedures are needed to combat crimes involving CMC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3026664/how-cambodias-outdated-laws-make-it-harder-tackle-cybersex|title=Cybersex trafficking spreads across Southeast Asia, fuelled by internet boom. And the law lags behind|date=September 11, 2019|website=South China Morning Post}}</ref>