Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hi Kathy:
This morning on the Today show they were talking about a program that
they have now where they can actually trace back a posting to the person
doing the posting. They have set up a site where when a person finds
some of this porn going on they can log on to the site immediately
without signing off, and the FBI takes over and traces the posts.
Sue
>
> Hi all we were recently discussing porn on the net, this message came
> out from the FBI and it outlines their efforts to tackle sexual
> predators on the net.
>
> Child sexual predators are far more pervasive on the Internet than most
> parents suspect and law enforcement officials need to become more
> sophisticated to combat them, FBI officials said Tuesday.
>
> Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Louis Freeh told a Senate panel
> that no one really knew how widespread the problem is but that parents
> are too complacent about the dangers their children can encounter on
> their home computers.
>
> In one indication of the risks, FBI agent Linda Hooper said that when an
> agent pretending to be a teenage girl signed on to a ``chat room''
> limited to 23 children, all 22 other ``youths'' turned out to be adults
> seeking improper contact with her.
>
> Freeh said the FBI has investigated at least 70 ''traveling'' cases in
> which an adult builds up trust with a young person through contacts on
> the Internet and convinces the minor to meet somewhere for illicit
> sexual purposes. Teenage girls are the most vulnerable.
>
> ``You used to be able to tell your kid, don't talk to strangers, don't
> take money from strangers,'' said Sen. Judd Gregg, chairman of the
> Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the
> Judiciary.
>
> ``But now the stranger isn't outside the house. The stranger can be
> inside, on the Internet,'' added Gregg, a New Hampshire Republican.
>
> Congress last year gave the FBI $10 million to set up the ''Innocent
> Images'' program to combat child predators and child pornographers on
> the Internet. A program headquarters has been set up in Baltimore, and
> law enforcement agents are now trying to train more people in federal
> and local agencies.
>
> This week, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children opened
> the CyberTipline on the Internet, (www.missingkids.com/cybertip/) where
> people can report tips and leads about possible cyber-exploitation. The
> program is run with FBI cooperation.
>
> Center President Ernest Allen said the tip line got 150
> responses in just the first day.
>
> ``Individuals involved in the distribution and exchange of on-line child
> pornography and the recruitment of children for illicit sexual purposes
> are among the most sophisticated computer users the FBI is
> encountering,'' Freeh said.
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