Naked Girls on Webcams
Manitoba police and justice officials are warning parents of a disturbing trend in which young teens are posing nude in front of webcams and sending the pictures out on the Internet.
“I’m very concerned parents and families are losing control,” Justice Minister Gord Mackintosh said yesterday, calling webcams a “peephole for the world into a child’s bedroom.”
Lianna McDonald, executive director of Child Find Manitoba, said it’s becoming a more common practice for teens, especially girls.
McDonald saidCanada’s national Internet pervert snitch line, has received 10 such complaints in the past few months alone. The majority of cases have involved girls between the ages of 13 and 15.
“These images are permanent,” McDonald said, noting the pictures could resurface years down the road and ruin careers. “They are not retrievable. They can cause life-long damage.”
Insp. Boyd Campbell said Winnipeg police get a minimum of two or three complaints a month from parents whose children posed in front of a webcam and had the images make the rounds in cyberspace or at school.
Campbell said it often starts with teens “flashing body parts” in front of a webcam at a party.
“It seems innocent at the time, but we also know kids are kids,” Campbell said. “You do childish things, but they can come back to haunt you.”
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