Rape on the Internet

There is a hot discussion going on in the Nett11 Discussion group about Rape on the Internet. The real question is can this really happen? Well for most part no but there is ample of case where women and young  girls have been lured to meet and greet rapist through the Internet. This of course puts a new dimension on the subject.

Let first have a look at this case where girls as young as 14 was lured by a man who infected their computers with a virus "Trogon Horse" that controlled the operation of the computer. In fear of the unknown the girls agreed to perform sexual acts on their web cam for the man. He now servers 10 years in Jail. Now It may be called Rape but it is certainly child sexual abuse and targeting vulnerable you girls is one of the most feared dangers of the Internet. (guardian.co.uk, Thursday 9 November 2006)

 

This come down to the point of education. If theses children where aware of the pitfalls then they could have made an educated decision about what to do about this pedophile and not conformed to his requests but at the ages of these children you can not hold them responsible for their actions. They are vulnerable targets for  these perverted people who do these things to children.

 

How will the the Clean Filter stop this activity Steven Conroy? It will not and as soon as your filter is in place then these unruly of the world will just work around you with the next scam. Or will there be a new security patch each week like my windows operating system. The money should be spent in education of these children to give them skills in managing Internet use and harassment.

 

How do you stop child pornography on the Internet? The best measure would be  to increase funding to the Australian Federal Police for Internet crime.

 

Guardian Uk, Thursday 9 November 2006, Internet Rape pedophile Jailed, viewed 10th January 2009, from http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/nov/09/ukcrime