I find the wording of the article to be remarkable. “At the opposite end of the supply chain.”
Eric (not his real name) was no longer just a consumer of China's spy-cam porn industry, but a victim.
A “consumer” who has admittedly been watching this type of “spy cam” footage for twenty years (since he was a teen, according to the article) and never once thought “wait, what if that was me?”
Then when he grows a conscience in his thirties he contacts the BBC.
This was literally the guy who started his entire political career in earnest by calling in to Fox News and talking about how Obama wasn’t “American” because he’s black. Trump found his political fame because he advocated the “birther” conspiracy.
It’s honestly crazy that anyone could be surprised. He’s been up front about his racism for fifteen years now.