Arrests came after the FBI joined with police in Michigan to investigate the death of 17-year-old Jordan DeMay, one of thousands of American teenagers targeted in a sharp rise in online “sextortion” cases in recent years.
Researchers at McGill University and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have designed an algorithm that detects organized human trafficking activity in online escort advertisements. Advertising is one of the most common use of technology for human trafficking purposes.