https://www.ijmuk.org/news/press-release-disney-pixar-animator-guilty-of-livestreamed-child-sexual-abuse

French citizen and Disney animator found guilty of livestreamed sexual assault of children

Yesterday, the Paris Assizes Court found a 59-year-old French Citizen guilty of complicity in the rape and sexual assault of minors and sentenced him to 25 years in prison.

This case involved livestreaming sexual assault of children, some as young as five years old. IJM calls on tech companies and financial institutions to take decisive action to prevent such atrocities on their platforms, apps and devices.

The former Disney and Pixar graphic artist had been on trial since Tuesday for having, between 2012 and 2021, paid Filipino women to rape and sexually assault Filipino girls, aged five to 10, in front of a webcam via the practice of "live-streaming".

The glaring absence of preventive measures over nearly a decade has highlighted critical failures by tech platforms and financial institutions to detect and report online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC).

This case exposes alarming gaps in tech and financial systems that should be designed safe to protect vulnerable children and prevent exploitation.