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Jullianna

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Due to the nature of my job, I see a lot of horrible things on a regular basis. The ones that really get to me are those that target young people and kids.

Getting into trouble online can happen more quickly than you realize. Please be careful who you talk with. Please be careful what you say. Please be careful about how much personal information you give out.

Please ESPECIALLY be careful about being on cams with people, especially if you can't see THEM. And if they attempt to get you to do anything you wouldn't want your mom or pastor to see, RUN. They may tell you that it will be just between the two of you, and the next thing you know, they may be blackmailing you to do things that are far worse by threatening to expose you. Don't trust them. They are most likely selling photos/video of you to thousands of people all over the planet or using them to promote sleazy sites. It's happening more and more everyday.

I am the mother of a son who was stalked and threatened online in his early teens. I am an ex-cop who has worked a lot of cybercrime cases involving teens. I know these things destroy lives.

I have been praying about this all day due to another case I found out about today, and it was on my heart to post this here as a reminder to please, please be careful online. I don't normally post here. There must be someone who needs to read this, as I have truly felt the prompting of God to post this. I'm not going to duplicate this in the teen forum, as I know most of them post here too, but I really do hope they read this and that it gives them pause.

prayerfully...

P.S. - If anyone has ever had anything like this happen to them that they would like to share in order to help others be more careful online, I'm sure it would be appreciated. Thank you! :)
 
Snackersmom

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Thank you for posting this, Julianna. I don't have any personal stories to add, only that if something makes you uncomfortable, it's a VERY good sign that you shouldn't be doing it, no matter what someone might say to make you think otherwise. Stalkers certainly do exist, and they are nothing to play around with!
 
Spartacus1122

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Am I the only one who thought this was an O'Reilly thread?

Caution! You're about to enter the No Spin Zone. The Factor is on, tonight!

:D
 
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Jullianna

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LOL Spartacus :)
 
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Jullianna

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I would like to add that if anything happens on CC that makes you uncomfortable, please copy and paste the message to a mod in chat or forward the CC mail to a mod. You might be embarrassed by it, but please understand that you are protecting others by reporting these things and you can trust the mods to keep this information confidential.
 
Oncefallen

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Jullianna said:
I would like to add that if anything happens on CC that makes you uncomfortable, please copy and paste the message to a mod in chat or forward the CC mail to a mod. You might be embarrassed by it, but please understand that you are protecting others by reporting these things and you can trust the mods to keep this information confidential.
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To add to what Jullianna said here, if a CC member does something inappropriate off-site such as on Skype, Yahoo Messenger, etc. we do deal with it as a site issue in extreme circumstances such as cyber sex, sending pornographic pictures, cyberstalking, blackmail, but we will expect to see the logs to substantiate your claims.
 
Spartacus1122

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Anthony Weiner agrees with this thread :D :D :D

 
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Jullianna

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Alfthemart

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this is very important i'm telling everyone dont go on webcam chat sites because there no good they ruined 2 years of my childhood so just stay well away from them because there no good i used to think my teachers were stupid when they talked about cyber bullying and that kind of stuff but it happens.
 
alienx7587

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Spartacus1122 said:
Am I the only one who thought this was an O'Reilly thread?

Caution! You're about to enter the No Spin Zone. The Factor is on, tonight!

:D
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LOL! The funny thing is, I thought the same thing!
 
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jesusnme

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ah ha - stranger danger !

great issue to raise. ;)
 
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