H.N. Landress

White Paper: The Youth Online Exploitation–Extremism Interface A Conceptual Framework for Anti-Trafficking Identification and Digital Child Protection

Version 2: Updated based on accepted publication of framework August 2026 Disclosure: This white paper is based on the YOEEI framework article accepted for publication in the Journal of Human Trafficking, published by Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2026.272523...

The Youth Online Exploitation–Extremism Interface: A Conceptual Framework for Anti-Trafficking Identification and Digital Child Protection

Revised based on peer-review feedback Abstract Technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation increasingly intersects with coercive digital abuse and violent online subcultures that reward humiliation, self-harm, and abuse-material production as markers of status. Conventional...