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Hurtcore, a portmanteau of the words "hardcore" and "hurt", is a name given to a particularly extreme form of child pornography, usually involving degrading violence, bodily harm and murder relating to child sexual abuse.[1][2][3][4] Eileen Ormsby, Australian writer and author of The Darkest Web,[5] described hurtcore as "a fetish for people who get aroused by the infliction of pain, or even torture, on another person who is not a willing participant".[1] An additional motivation for the perpetrator, next to their position of power over their victims, can be the reaction of their victims to the physical abuse, like crying or screaming of pain. This reaction can stimulate the arousal of the perpetrator even more.
Some dark web forums are dedicated to the discussion, and sharing of images and videos, of hurtcore.[6] In 2013, Vice called Hurt2theCore "the dark web's most notorious hurtcore site",[1] run by Matthew Graham,[7] who became known as the "King of Hurtcore",[1] as well as "one of the biggest child pornography and hurtcore distributors in the world".[8] The case of Matthew Falder was the UK National Crime Agency's first successful hurtcore prosecution.[9]
- ^ a b c d Daly, Max (19 February 2018). "Inside the Repulsive World of 'Hurtcore', the Worst Crimes Imaginable". Vice. Archived from the original on 31 December 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ Johnston, Chris (14 May 2016). "Lux captured: The simple error that brought down the world's worst hurtcore paedophile". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ Evans, Martin (7 February 2018). "GCHQ helped catch 'hurtcore' paedophile, Matthew Falder". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ Evans, Robert (16 June 2015). "5 Things I Learned Infiltrating Deep Web Child Molesters". Archived from the original on 26 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ Lee, Bri (21 March 2018). "The Darkest Web: exploring the ugly world of illegal online marketplaces". TheGuardian.com. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ Wallace, Ben (3 December 2018). "Part of Withdrawal Agreement: Legal Position – in the House of Commons at 7:05 pm on 3rd December 2018". TheyWorkForYou. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ O'Neill, Patrick Howell (24 June 2014). "Internet's worst pedophile abruptly shuts down his 'PedoEmpire'". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on 10 September 2019.
- ^ Tankard Reist, Melinda (6 July 2017). "Why Are Australian Telcos and ISPs Enabling a Child Sexual Abuse Pandemic?". ABC Online. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ "Matthew Falder posed as female artist for online sex attacks". BBC. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2019.