Photos of minors shared, sexualised on porn microblogs

A posed photo of a teenager. Many boys and girls have had their photos shared and sexualised on microblogs. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
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SINGAPORE - They are photos that could have belonged in a school yearbook: girls posing during dance rehearsals and boys at the swimming pool or the track, clad in their sports attire.

Instead, they were found on microblogs that publish local pornographic content, drawing lewd comments that range from the suggestive to the obscene.

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