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Warning Message Content Increases Help Seeking in a Large-Scale Dark Web CSAM Intervention
arXiv:2606.06417v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Warning messages have been used to disrupt individuals seeking online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and promote engagement with support services, yet large-scale field evidence on message content remains limited, particularly in high anonymity environments. This study reports a field experiment on Ahmia.fi, a Tor search engine, examining how warning message content influences behavior. Across a 140-day period, almost 20 million searches were observed, with over 3 million searches containing known CSAM-related terms that triggered a warnin…
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