“…Online sexual activity (OSA) has been defined as any activity on the Internet involving sexuality aimed for instance at recreation, entertainment, education, or partner search (Cooper, Delmonico, Griffin‐Shelley, & Mathy, ). The Internet provides a framework for having new sexual experiences in a playful and safe way (Döring, ), and is usually easily accessible, affordable, and anonymous (the characterization of these features as the Triple‐A‐Engine (Cooper, Scherer, Boies, & Gordon, ) has meanwhile been expanded by Barak and Fisher () to a Penta‐A‐Engine, adding the components of acceptability and aloneness). Another influential factor for the expansion of OSA is the online disinhibition effect, with both its benign and problematic qualities, such as opening up about private matters or verbal aggression towards others, respectively (Suler, ).…”