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Nude girl pics will stay on porn forum forever: police

Australian police are investigating a website that encourages Australian teenagers to upload nude photos of schoolgirls.

Australian police are investigating a website that encourages Australian teenagers to upload nude photos of schoolgirls. Photo: Getty

Nude images posted online of girls from 70 schools across the country will likely remain in cyberspace forever, police warn.

The Australian Federal Police is working with state counterparts to shut down an online pornographic forum that encourages boys to post naked pictures of underage girls to the site without their consent.

However, Detective Senior Sergeant Dave Miles, from Queensland, warned it would be impossible for police to remove all the images.

“The reality is, that once that image is up on the internet, it is there forever.”
Det Sen Sgt Miles

“We can’t take it down.

“There is nothing that any policing agency in the world can do to stop these images being shared to the broader worldwide web, and they will just go from site to site to site.”

(For a full list of school affected, see below.)

Police in other states have issued similar warnings.

Authorities have also warned that the site itself would be difficult to shut down, given it’s hosted on an overseas server.

The forum reportedly contains images of girls from 70 schools, including 29 in NSW, 17 in Queensland, 15 in Victoria, five in ACT and two each in South Australia and Tasmania. No schools are thought to have been involved from WA.

State education departments have condemned the site, with Victoria’s Department of Education and Training labelling it “disgusting”.

Queensland’s education department said it was working to protect students after learning about the website.

“This website is highly offensive. We will work with other agencies including police as a matter of urgency to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all our students,” a spokesman said.

An online petition, which had garnered about 700 signatures on Wednesday afternoon, called for the federal government to shut the “vile” site down.

“This demeaning, misogynistic site devalues our young women, turning them into fodder for men to ogle and sexualise unfettered and without fear of legal repercussions,” the petition read.

An AFP spokeswoman said child pornography was a serious offence, even if the perpetrator was a child themself.

Child pornography offences carry a maximum penalty of 15 years’ prison, she said.

Australian Privacy Commissioner Tim Pilgrim said the exploitative images linked with personal information would be tough for any of the students involved and their parents to deal with.

“An invasion of privacy such as this is any parent’s nightmare, and the young women involved deserve every support we can offer,” Mr Pilgrim said in a statement.

FULL LIST OF SCHOOLS IDENTIFIED BY STATE

NSW

  • Blaxland High School
  • Colo High School
  • Eastview High School
  • Elderslie High School
  • Elizabeth Macarthur High School
  • Francis Greenway High School
  • Grafton High School
  • Greenpoint Christian College
  • Holsworthy High School
  • Ingleburn High School
  • John Therry Catholic High School
  • Lake Munmorah High School
  • Leumeah High School
  • Lisarow High School
  • Magdelene Catholic High School
  • Maitland High School
  • Mount Annan High NSW
  • Mullumbimby High School
  • Plumpton High School
  • Rutherford Technology High School
  • South Grafton High School
  • St Catherine’s Catholic College, Singleton
  • St Lukes Grammar School
  • St Patricks College, Campbelltown
  • The Jannali High School
  • Thomas Hassall Anglican College
  • Turramurra High School
  • Wenona
  • Wyong High School

QUEENSLAND

  • All Hallows’ School
  • Caloundra State High School
  • Cavendish Road State High School
  • Clontarf Beach State High School
  • Grace Lutheran College
  • Grace Lutheran College
  • Kirwan State High School
  • Matthew Flinders Anglican College
  • Miami State High School
  • Ormiston College
  • Redlands College
  • Runcorn State High School Wins
  • Ryan Catholic College
  • Sheldon College
  • Southern Cross Catholic College, Redcliffe
  • Springwood State High School
  • St Andrews Anglican College QLD
  • Woodridge State High School 

VICTORIA

  • Bacchus Marsh Grammar School
  • Bairnsdale Secondary College
  • Bayswater Secondary College
  • Carrum Downs High School
  • Christian College Geelong- Surf Coast Campus
  • Frankston High school
  • Hillcrest Christian College
  • Kambrya College
  • Lakeside College, Pakenham
  • Lilydale High School
  • Norwood secondary college
  • Pakenham Secondary College
  • Patterson River secondary
  • Ringwood Secondary College
  • Werribee Secondary College

 SOUTH AUSTRALIA

  • Glossop High School
  • Thomas More College

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

  • Canberra College
  • Gungahlin College
  • Radford College
  • St Clares College Canberra
  • St Mary MacKillop College

TASMANIA

  • Claremont College
  • Montrose Bay High School
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