Tag Archives: online predators
New Laws Targeting Predators
Many state legislatures meet during the first few months of the year and most are now winding down. Every year a new crop of laws are introduced regarding online sexual predators. This year Wisconsin is taking the lead in penalizing online predators. Their proposed law would double the penalty for predators who actually meet a [...]
No Longer Dancing
I have a confession. I have been holding back and not saying what I really feel. Let me explain.
For more than 15 years I was a reporter that spent most of my career focusing on crime. The last four of my journalism career I was a crime reporter in a medium-sized Georgia town. It’s a [...]
Have You Told Your Children Not to Talk to Strangers Online?
We have told our children not to talk to strangers, not to take candy from strangers and to never, ever go anywhere with a stranger. Teaching our children to avoid strangers online is more difficult. That’s because many predators come across as friends. They earn a child’s trust and use that trust as a way [...]
Disturbing Story
Since the weekend is here, some kids may be home alone while their parents are out. That is an opportunity for them to get online and a prime opportunity for a child predator who is looking for a new victim to find them in cyberspace. I was reading a story online today from Pennsylvania where [...]
