More schools have been added as targets of a porn site, as victims express outrage

THIS story just keeps getting worse. More schools have been added as targets of a pornography site, as victims start to emerge.

VICTIMS and their parents have expressed outrage at the depraved pornography ring targeting school students and young women, as yet more disturbing material has been uncovered and more schools have been added to the list of over 70 targeted.

Thousands of graphic images have been posted and traded on the site including one of a girl in her school uniform performing oral sex, and other nude images where the victims appear to be unaware they are being photographed.

Victims have pleaded to have their nude photos taken down, including one girl who states that she is just 14 in the image. The men have responded by calling the victims “sluts” and “dumb c**ts” and telling them they have no one but themselves to blame.

Further investigations have also uncovered more schools being targeted by the ring, including The Knox School in Melbourne, Wheelers Hill Secondary College in Victoria, Shenton College in Perth and Calamvale Community college in Queensland.

Shenton College is the first WA school confirmed as a target of the site. Picture: Ernie Mclintock

News.com.au has spoken with a mother of a 13-year-old girl who was targeted on the site. The mother, who is from Melbourne says that she was “absolutely disgusted and terrified” when she realised that men were trawling for images specifically of her daughter.

“I felt completely helpless because I didn’t know what to do. These are disgusting monsters who are colluding together to extract images from these girls.

“My daughter is too young to understand the gravity of this. For now she is embarrassed, confused and feels intimidated.

“They were like a pack of hungry vultures whose appetite was suppressed only when they had humiliated and dehumanised a girl. This was not so much for sexual urges but a game of control and abuse.”

While the 13-year-old has never taken or shared nude photographs of herself, the mother is still very anxious about her current safety and wellbeing.

“I feel really scared and nervous about how this might open the door to other predators. [When I learned my daughter was a potential target] I felt very vulnerable and very worried about how it would impact on her and very concerned about the level of violation that other girls on the site are also facing.”

“As parents we must fight back with every ounce of strength we can muster to ensure that our girls feel safe and validated. What is happening in our society for boys and men to think that it’s OK to dehumanise young girls like that?

“These boys think they are looking at boobs, but behind those boobs is a heart that belongs to a human being who has feelings” said the mother.

“They are compartmentalising girls’ bodies, but they are not thinking about the rest of the human being that is attached to that clitoris.” she said.

One 15-year-old girl who attends a Queensland school listed on the site says she was “shocked and sickened” to realise that boys in her school were allegedly involved.

“I was scared that there was a whole community dedicated to humiliating and violating girl’s privacy,” she said.

Meanwhile, yet more nude photos of young women have been added to the site since yesterday and more girls’ names have appeared on target lists.

Sharna Bremner from End Rape on Campus said: “This isn’t just about telling girls not to take nude photos, after all some of these photos appear to be taken without the girl’s knowledge or consent.

“This is predatory behaviour of men and boys who are stalking girls, and parents should be talking to their sons just as much as their daughters.

“Realising that someone you thought you could trust has violated you in this way and reduced you to nothing more than a trophy would be absolutely crushing.”

The site encourages boys and men to list the names of girls they are seeking to extract nude images from, and any users who already have nude images of those girls will offer to post or trade them in exchange for other images of other victims.

Since yesterday, some of the images of very young looking girls have disappeared from the site.

Various schools on the list have issued statements including St Clare’s College in the ACT. The Acting Principal, Natalie Dickie, says that the news coverage points to a “systemic, planned and deeply offensive use of other people’s images without their consent” adding “I am as distressed as you would have been to read those reports.”

An Australian Federal Police spokeswoman said authorities are investigating.

“The AFP is currently liaising with its domestic and international law enforcement partners and relevant government agencies to evaluate this matter and to determine appropriate courses of action,” she said.

“It is important to note that creating, accessing or distributing child pornography is a serious offence, even if you are a child yourself.”

“Child pornography offences have a maximum penalty of 15 years’ imprisonment.”

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is also being urged by concerned members of the public to shut down the website by any means necessary.

FULL LIST OF SCHOOLS IDENTIFIED ON THE SITE BY STATE

NEW SOUTH WALES

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

Allhallows’ 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

The Knox School

Werribee Secondary College

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Glossop High School

Thomas More College

WA

Shenton College

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Canberra College

Gungahlin College

Radford College

St Clares College Canberra

St Mary MacKillop College

Trinity Christian School

TASMANIA

Claremont College

Montrose Bay High School

If you have further information or would like to report concerns contact Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000 or the Child Protection Helpline on 132 111.

If you or someone you know has been impacted by sexual assault or exploitation support is available at 1800 RESPECT and Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800.