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Here's a little slice of internet life. I give the information for comment:
http://www.perverted-justice.com/
Those in a group calling themselves "perverted justice" are dealing with the problem of internet 'predators' and pedophiles as follows.
One goes to a chatroom and poses as a 10 or 12 year old girl and strikes up conversation with a guy. When the conversation turns to sex, 'she' (sometimes a guy) shows interest, and gets into having him on video cam or in cybersex. She wants to talk and gets a phone number (calls it to verify, and hangs up) and asks for a picture.
The picture, name, and phone number and transcript are then published at the website. (Have a look.) Certain legal problems are avoided by labeling the persons 'wannabe pedophiles' or 'wannabe perverts.'
Those in the group, of course, remain anonymous, no phone numbers etc.
This is a kind of 'self help' or vigilantism that sometimes seems understandable and sometimes makes me uncomfortable (remember sites who post abortion doctors names, and addresses, and put X's through the pictures, as they get killed?).
Here's a simple extension of the method: perhaps does anyone find it makes them uncomfortable? A crusader against BDSM, starts at literotica, and looks for playmates. S/he goes into ICQ or IM as soon as possible for live chats (logged) and tries for phone contact and a picture. They then post the picture and transcripts of the "wannabe BDSM pervert" on the 'net.
J.
PS:
Legal note:
In terms of the law, it's not illegal, on phone or computer link, to talk or even talk sex with a minor; the breach of law is in setting up and physically going to a sexual encounter with a minor. The perverted justice folks, then, are, as they would put it, 'outing' those who, though within the law, are seemingly ready to break it.
FBI agents who pose as children on the 'net have a different approach based on setting up meetings; arguably the FBI efforts at setting up an actual crime attempt are undermined by the perverted justice folks' attempts to find and point out situations where a crime may be about to happen.)
http://www.perverted-justice.com/
Those in a group calling themselves "perverted justice" are dealing with the problem of internet 'predators' and pedophiles as follows.
One goes to a chatroom and poses as a 10 or 12 year old girl and strikes up conversation with a guy. When the conversation turns to sex, 'she' (sometimes a guy) shows interest, and gets into having him on video cam or in cybersex. She wants to talk and gets a phone number (calls it to verify, and hangs up) and asks for a picture.
The picture, name, and phone number and transcript are then published at the website. (Have a look.) Certain legal problems are avoided by labeling the persons 'wannabe pedophiles' or 'wannabe perverts.'
Those in the group, of course, remain anonymous, no phone numbers etc.
This is a kind of 'self help' or vigilantism that sometimes seems understandable and sometimes makes me uncomfortable (remember sites who post abortion doctors names, and addresses, and put X's through the pictures, as they get killed?).
Here's a simple extension of the method: perhaps does anyone find it makes them uncomfortable? A crusader against BDSM, starts at literotica, and looks for playmates. S/he goes into ICQ or IM as soon as possible for live chats (logged) and tries for phone contact and a picture. They then post the picture and transcripts of the "wannabe BDSM pervert" on the 'net.
J.
PS:
Legal note:
In terms of the law, it's not illegal, on phone or computer link, to talk or even talk sex with a minor; the breach of law is in setting up and physically going to a sexual encounter with a minor. The perverted justice folks, then, are, as they would put it, 'outing' those who, though within the law, are seemingly ready to break it.
FBI agents who pose as children on the 'net have a different approach based on setting up meetings; arguably the FBI efforts at setting up an actual crime attempt are undermined by the perverted justice folks' attempts to find and point out situations where a crime may be about to happen.)
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