Internet Safety An Issue As Sex Offender Goes Online To Find Accomplices
Last week America was shocked to hear of a 29 year sex offender who posed as a 12 year old boy to prey on children in Arizona. The predator, who attended at least 4 schools in the past year and a half, had help from other offenders he met online. Apparently, the offender pretended to be a child so that other sex offenders would help him in his plan to abuse kids. Of course, the Internet is the environment of choice for predators looking to abuse kids, which is why, when Internet safety is the issue, parents can't be too careful about knowing who their kids are talking to.
It's a weird and horrible story, and at the washingtonpost.com, it's proof that the Internet is a dangerous place for kids. The 29 year old, already a registered sex offender who served time in prison for making indecent proposals to a child, contacted 2 other offenders posing as a young boy. He allowed the men to have sex with him so they could think they were abusing a child. They then enrolled him in various schools, where officials fear he preyed upon other kids.
Here again is reason to worry about Internet safety - registered sex offenders who have access to the Internet are using it to prey on kids. This fact is such common knowledge that even other sex offenders can take advantage of it. Whether it's social networking sites, chat rooms, or even video games, sex offenders are on the Internet.
Legislation has been in the works and recently passed barring sex offenders from using the Internet, but enforcing such a rule is difficult if not impossible, since there's no way to keep predators from logging online if they can find access at someone's home.
Here again is why parental control software is the best way to maintain Internet safety. WebWatcher, the highest rated parental control software system available today, offers parents features like website blocking, website recording, email recording, instant message recording, and more.
Sex offenders will clearly go to all lengths to abuse an innocent child, and there's no way to know who your child is really talking to online without help from someone like WebWatcher.
It's a weird and horrible story, and at the washingtonpost.com, it's proof that the Internet is a dangerous place for kids. The 29 year old, already a registered sex offender who served time in prison for making indecent proposals to a child, contacted 2 other offenders posing as a young boy. He allowed the men to have sex with him so they could think they were abusing a child. They then enrolled him in various schools, where officials fear he preyed upon other kids.
Here again is reason to worry about Internet safety - registered sex offenders who have access to the Internet are using it to prey on kids. This fact is such common knowledge that even other sex offenders can take advantage of it. Whether it's social networking sites, chat rooms, or even video games, sex offenders are on the Internet.
Legislation has been in the works and recently passed barring sex offenders from using the Internet, but enforcing such a rule is difficult if not impossible, since there's no way to keep predators from logging online if they can find access at someone's home.
Here again is why parental control software is the best way to maintain Internet safety. WebWatcher, the highest rated parental control software system available today, offers parents features like website blocking, website recording, email recording, instant message recording, and more.
Sex offenders will clearly go to all lengths to abuse an innocent child, and there's no way to know who your child is really talking to online without help from someone like WebWatcher.
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