A Cincinnati NBC news station has a news story up proclaiming that videogame systems are a gateway for sexual predators. There have been some cases in Ohio where some sick bastards have used Xbox LIVE to target children. One such case involved a 30-year-old woman sending nude pictures of herself to a 16-year-old boy who sent nude pictures of himself in return.
Most interesting of all of this is what one investigator had to say:
The shift from computers to video games doesn’t surprise investigators, but many parents remain unaware of the risk.
You know who's to blame for this shift?! Chris Hansen. Thanks to Catch A Predator, these jackasses are finally catching on and moving to different online mediums.
The news story at least makes it clear that parents need to get involved with their children so they don't do anything stupid.
They do get one thing horribly wrong in the story though. They claimed that the Wii is also a gateway for the predators. The Wii online system is so broke that it's useless to predators. The one and only good thing about Friends Codes. Which, by the way, this is pretty much why the whole Wii Online system is so crippled.
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6:42 PM on 02.13.2008
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The boy is guilty of trafficking in child pornography. Her sending pictures to him is also technically a crime (most likely just propositioning a minor, though), but his are worse.
It's always the teenage boys that get screwed over in these matters.
http://www.youtube.com/v/0hBIDEmUw0s&rel=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhzOD1amluc
Even better
Still predatory. Kids don't *know* what they like, and it's taken advantage of.
Also, Perverted Justice needs to start hitting up XBL, I think.
All-in-all, I agree, the kid clearly engauged in it by offering pictures back.
"One such case involved a 30-year-old woman sending nude pictures of herself to a 16-year-old boy who sent nude pictures of himself in return."
The 16-year-old told on her? What a douche. I was trying to score with 30-year-olds when I was his age. If I saw this kid I would kick him in the teethe. Unless the chick was ugly then I understand.
But... shes hawt!
Man, Nintendo just hates online.
Seriously. Where were the MILFs when I was a teenager?
Can women even be charged for any sort of sexual misconduct? Rule #1 is it's always the male's fault. =/
You and me both, mate ;)
There are plenty of them too, not just Pamela Rogers. I say if the kid is cool with it, whats the harm? :P
That said, that is going to happen anywhere you go it being gang raped at the mall (my mall two years ago) or hell even getting gay raped in the locker room at a middle school (some city outside of where I live). The internet makes the access easier.
I agree with the "no one knows what they want". You're 16 having sex with your hot teacher that every other guy in your class wanted to screw and she chose you. Then all of a sudden someone older than you tells you it's wrong and you don't know what to think. It all comes down to the laws like Jim said and yes, unfortunately consensual or not, statutory is wrong.
Was she hawt? I'd hit it. *statutory rape by volition-five: POW!*
Still predatory. Kids don't *know* what they like, and it's taken advantage of.
On a personal note, I think I can safely say we youth are not quite so fragile as you think, Jim. Just very, very deeply disturbed.
It's either escapism or exploration, and either way we're the only ones responsible.
SHHHHHH!
I remember a news case a few months ago of two teens who took pictures of them fucking at her house and sent them from her computer to his, and somehow got caught at it. They were both tried and conviced for trafficking in child pornography simply by mailing pictures of themselves to themselves.
The guy also got a far worse sentence than she did in that case as well...
what next through the sony network
Hai kids, who wants to play sum x-bawks
you win funni3st comment, i wont stop laughn until i sober up!
2nd: I am REALLY tired of all these 16, 17, 18 year guys getting upset about smoking hot older chicks doing them. You KNOW that he was high-fiving his buds about this two weeks ago.
to quote south park...
Nice....Nice....
@ jim - yes, u can't victimize the willing