Police warning after Sussex teen's online sex act

10:24am Thursday 18th October 2012 in News

A 14-year-old girl was coerced into performing a sex act on camera via a networking site.

Police are now warning parents to be on their guard about such sites following the incident in Worthing.

Detective Constable Paul Tonks, from Worthing CID, said: “There are now sites that allow people to log on for free and they only have to register a temporary username.

“Then there are literally thousands of webcams broad-casting all manner of activity from around the world.

“Such sites, which do not have many regulations, are increasingly popular with teenagers.

“It is very easy to link to a chat site that skirts around the criteria that parents expect to be in place in their child-friendly software.

“We are warning the public, particularly young people, about the dangers of such sites because you just don’t know who you are talking to.

“With no administrators or regulators, there is no one to complain to.

“With technology more concerned with fast transmission than safe moderation or record-keeping, there’s nothing to trace an offender.

“That doesn’t mean people should not bother reporting internet-based offences to the police however.

“Be aware as much you can about what your children are accessing online.”

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Comments(7)

Whitehawkian says...
10:50am Thu 18 Oct 12

I have blocked Chatroulette and Omegle to stop this happening. Although the BBC still think they are a good idea.

http://news.bbc.co.u
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mimseycal says...
10:55am Thu 18 Oct 12

Blocking sites is but a temporary measure. Ways around can and will be found.

We need to concentrate on educating ourselves and our children. Ensuring that no one is open to coercion. Surely the only real way of protecting our youth, and other vulnerable people in our communities, is to give them the tools they need to protect themselves ... self respect, self worth and self reliance.

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Archie Bun says...
11:06am Thu 18 Oct 12

Why don't they just ban under 16 year old's from using the World Wide Web, problem solved.

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Crystal Ball says...
11:30am Thu 18 Oct 12

Archie Bun wrote:
Why don't they just ban under 16 year old's from using the World Wide Web, problem solved.
Good luck with that one!

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anonymous coward says...
11:34am Thu 18 Oct 12

“With technology more concerned with fast transmission than safe moderation or record-keeping, there’s nothing to trace an offender."

Technology is massively concerned with record keeping. It's also massively concerned with anonymity. The problem here, is that there's no such entity as "technology".

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Knightly says...
3:45pm Thu 18 Oct 12

Whitehawkian wrote:
I have blocked Chatroulette and Omegle to stop this happening. Although the BBC still think they are a good idea.

http://news.bbc.co.u

k/1/hi/technology/85

39701.stm
Is it helpful, posting the website that allow this. I followed the link and even the founders were concerned that is was untraceable.

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Cash Bull says...
11:38am Sat 20 Oct 12

Knightly wrote:
Whitehawkian wrote:
I have blocked Chatroulette and Omegle to stop this happening. Although the BBC still think they are a good idea.

http://news.bbc.co.u


k/1/hi/technology/85


39701.stm
Is it helpful, posting the website that allow this. I followed the link and even the founders were concerned that is was untraceable.
Thanks for OMEGLE cracking site

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