SEOUL: The mastermind of a notorious online sex abuse ring was jailed for 40 years in South Korea on Thursday. Cho Ju-bin, a 25-year-old college graduate, ran a group that blackmailed women and girls, including minors, into filming and sending sexual content. The case has reignited a national conversation over the seriousness with which digital sex crimes are taken in South Korea. The illegal sharing of sexual content is a widespread problem in the hyper-connected country, and in the past critics have accused the authorities of being too lenient on such crimes. South Korean women have taken to the streets previously over so-called spycams — cameras hidden in public places such as schools and toilets to secretly record women.

Source: Manila Times November 26, 2020 06:56 UTC