Nude photos and fraud: Hamburg man receives probation for probation!

Nude photos and fraud: Hamburg man receives probation for probation!

A shocking case of digital violence has moved the minds in Hamburg. As NDR , a 60-year-old man was condemned from the district court for 1.5 years of probation because he had given up on the Internet as a woman. The affected young woman, who is 20 years old today, was only 16 years old at that time.

The two came together in the quiz app "Quizduell", where the young woman fell in love. However, this relationship took a dramatic turn when it discovered the defendant's lie. After the separation, the man already received nude pictures of the young people, whom he then sent to her parents, neighbors and her employer in a disgusting act. The young woman's lawyer denounced the behavior as perfidious and the judge criticized that the defendant had exploited the trust of the woman ice cold. To this day, the young woman suffers from the consequences and is in therapy.

The digital danger world

of a current analysis of Tagesschau According to children and adolescents, children and adolescents are increasingly dangerous-especially through sexualized violence, extremism and bullying. The possibilities that modern technologies offer have a certain risk. According to Jugendschutz.net 7,645, violations of child and youth protection were registered on the Internet in 2023, with around 5,000 cases concerned with sexual violence.

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) additionally tightens these risks. AI generated content complicably difficult to differentiate between reality and fake, in particular to spread nude photos. The number of unreported cases remains high because not all cases are reported and many platforms offer inadequate age controls.

Appeals for more protection

Federal Youth Minister Lisa Paus demands that all children and adolescents should have the right to take a safe participation in the digital world. Kerstin Claus, the Federal Government's abuse officer, requires stricter requirements for providers of video platforms, social networks and online games with chat functions. The criticism refers not only to the insufficient deletion of harmful content, but also to the often poor control mechanisms of the providers.

In addition, the annual report of ZDF that over 17,000 violations were registered in 2024, which is more than twice as much as on average in previous years. 89 percent of these violations concerned sexual violence, with cyber grooming and sexual harassment frequently occurring. Here, too, it becomes clear that many online services only become active after requests from youth protection.net.