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

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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/10.1080/23322705.2026.2725237 This white paper was updated to reflect the Accepted Manuscript version only. White Paper: A conceptual framework for identifying trafficking-adjacent online child exploitation embedded in violent online subcultures. Organizes practitioner attention around seven interacting domains: youth vulnerability, digital access points, coercive mechanisms, abuse-material production, group and status reinforcement, violence-aesthetic overlay, and response pathways, as a bounded aid for identification, documentation, and referral.