Question 17853 — crimes, misdemeanors and contraventions

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Mr. Erwan Balanant alerts the Secretary of State to the Minister of Solidarity and Health about dating sites intended for adolescents. For around ten years, online platforms have proliferated with the aim of allowing adolescents to meet people, in particular to engage in “druggage”. While 30% of high school students say they have already visited this type of site, they are not suitable for minor audience. Their moderation is subject to serious deficiencies which place young people in danger. Indeed, no control is generally carried out concerning the identity of the registrants, their age or the actual obtaining of parental authorization when it is requested. Additionally, the generally targeted age range is 13 to 25 years old. To justify this non-distinction between minor adolescents and young adults, certain sites claim studies concluding that adolescence now ends around 24 years old. However, as the e-enfance association points out, this significant age gap is likely to encourage child crime. The association denounces in particular the possibility for sexual predators aged around thirty to lie about their age and to enter into discussions with very young adolescents. Indeed, on certain platforms, it is possible to receive messages without even having accepted any contact request from the sender. This contact is often accompanied by requests for exchanges through another means, thus making any control even more difficult. An immersion lasting several weeks carried out by the daily Libération reveals that the profile of a 13-year-old girl looking for friendly relations is contacted on average by 50% of men aged over 20 years. The messages received are full of requests of a sexual nature: requests for naked photos or webcam exchanges, sadomasochistic proposals, offers to engage in surrogacy. Faced with these dangers for pre-adolescents and adolescents and the risk that they abandon real relationships, what prevention and awareness measures does the Government intend to adopt? Are there plans to strengthen the moderation obligations of managers of dating sites intended for adolescents in order to prevent criminal behavior online? Finally, he asks what methods are used to pursue and sanction this behavior.

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