Recent Internet Predator Nightmares In The News

Former officer arrested for child porn - The Gloucester County Sheriff's Office arrested a former Hampton police officer accused of child pornography and sending sexual text messages to a 12-year-old. On Jan. 26, deputies received a report from the parents of a 12-year-old who had been texting with a man. Deputies said the suspect and child only knew each other through text messaging.
The conversations turned sexual in nature and the two talked about meeting somewhere for a sexual encounter. In addition, deputies said Lawrence sent the 12-year-old a sexually explicit picture of him and requested the child send one as well. Read More>>

Florida man sentenced for sexually abusing Will County girl - A Florida man who traveled to Will County to have sex with a young girl he had befriended on the Internet was sentenced to 20 years in prison, according to Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow.
Jon Filipkowski, 33, was sentenced on Wednesday by Circuit Judge Daniel Rozak. A jury in May found him guilty of four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and one count of traveling to meet a minor.
Filipkowski, who was charged in July 2010, was posing as a young boy in an Internet chat room for teens when he struck up a friendship with the young girl. About a month into their online relationship, he revealed his true age and the chats became sexual in nature. In June 2010, he traveled to Will County to meet the girl, and had sex with the child in a local hotel room.  Read More>>

Bath man admits sexting girl, fondling her on fishing trip - Jonathan Creveling, of the 100 block of Old Forge, admitted he texted inappropriate messages to the victim and exchanged sexual photos with her.
He admitted he went to Fantasia Farms in Moore Township with her on July 4. He took her fishing and kissed and fondled her in his car and in a canoe.
The girl had feelings for him, according to Northampton County Assistant District Attorney Pat Broscius, but indicated “she was uncomfortable with the situation and she was scared.” Read More>>

19-year-old arrested, accused of using Facebook to lure girl -  A young girl, lured by an accused predator on Facebook, is sharing her story only with FOX31 Denver to make sure what happened to her doesn't happen to someone else.
The 7th grader wanted to be on Facebook to make friends and chat with her classmates, telling FOX31, “I thought it was fun because everybody had Facebook."
Her parents thought it was okay because they were monitoring her page, but somehow 19-year-old George Anthony West slipped by.
She said West then sent her a message and asked "if I was a virgin, and I said yes.”
The alleged victim said West then began sending her more sexually graphic messages.
“He was asking me if I would take off my shirt or take of my pants.”
According to the Littleton Police Department’s arrest affidavit, West also sent the girl messages that read, “I’ll make you get on top of me and ride me…I just want to have sex,” and “I’ll make you scream daddy.”
The girl was too scared to tell her parents because she was afraid she would get into trouble.
“I thought they would take my iPod touch away,” she said.  Read More>>

Man Accused of Sexting Girls - Denzel Hayes, a 19-year-old Woodstock man, is behind bars for allegedly sending sexually explicit text and Facebook messages to three young girls, one of whom was 13, and trying to arrange to meet them.
On Nov. 27, a Crystal Lake man reported that his 13-year-old daughter had been receiving harassing text messages via her cell phone and Facebook account from an 18-year-old man, Crystal Lake police said. The messages were sexually explicit and the man was trying to arrange to meet with the girl.
An investigation found that Hayes, then 18, had sent sexually explicit messages not only to the reported victim but to two other juvenile girls in Crystal Lake.  Read More>>

Sexual predator Kristian Timmerman left gifts for 12-year-old Wirral girl under a trampoline in her parents’ back garden - Over weeks and months 31-year-old Timmerman used social networking sites to gain the trust of his 12-year-old victim, from Wirral, posting cartoons on You Tube and striking up conversations on Facebook.
She thought she was talking with someone her own age but she was actually engaging with Timmerman who had a sinister motive.
Such was his desire he left his home and travelled hundreds of miles from Holland to Wirral to be closer to the schoolgirl. Read More>>

Man jailed for multiple rapes and grooming online - One of Australia's worst online sex predators, who claimed 55 teen victims, has been hit with a 12-year jail sentence in the County Court today after pleading guilty to multiple rapes, sex acts, grooming and stalking charges.
John Raymond Zimmerman, 26, the former tour manager of popular but now-defunct teen band The Getaway Plan, used MySpace, Facebook and MSN to lure young girls into sex, via webcam and in person, and then forced some to continue submitting to his depraved acts by threatening to post naked photos of them or telling friends and family.
All but two of Zimmerman's 55 victims were aged between 12 to 15 years, with a number subjected to gross sexual acts at school grounds and in vehicles, while many were threatened with violence or further harassment if they refused to comply. Read More>>

Facebook 'predator' arrested as Phuket mum pleas for help - Eleven days after her disappearance from a Phuket Town internet cafe, 12-year-old Phuket schoolgirl Samudchaya “Nong Pin” Yanpunya remains missing.
Nong Pin’s mother Samruay Saenthaweesuk told the Phuket Gazette this morning she has yet to receive any leads regarding her daughter’s whereabouts and continues to fear she might have been abducted by someone she met online while using the popular social networking website Facebook.
The possibility of such predation was confirmed by reports yesterday from Nakhon Sri Thammarat where 37-year-old Phuket resident Wimol Srida was arrested for raping three young teenage girls he met on Facebook. The youngest was just 13. Read More>>

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Sexting in the News

'Sexting' students taken offline - Some Innisfil high school students got caught in the act when a group of youths got busted with nude photos of other students.
South Simcoe police were called to Nantyr Shores Secondary School on Wednesday when faculty discovered a large group of male and female students were sending naked pictures to each other using the BlackBerry Messenger service (BBM).
"It's a concern and it's something parents need to be aware of and talk to their kids about," Sgt. Lisa Hunt said. "Some young, naive people get talked into doing things, like sending a picture and then they're obviously not knowing it's getting passed around, and it is."
Police say the photos were sent consensually between students, but Hunt said the effects can go far beyond the school's walls. Read More>>

‘Sexting’ leads to criminal record - It might prove to be a hardship down the road, but a Thompson Rivers University student who hopes to one day become a lawyer will have a criminal record after admitting to “sexting” with the underage daughter of his employer.
Andrew Dyck pleaded guilty last year to luring charges, but was not sentenced until Tuesday, Jan. 24.
Now 24, Dyck was 21 years old in 2009 when he entered into a relationship with his boss’s 15-year-old daughter, initially via text message.
The two exchanged flirtatious texts — colloquially referred to as “sexts” — over a period of two weeks, with Dyck persistently asking the teen to send him naked cellphone photos.
She eventually obliged. Read More>>

Oak Creek police investigating middle school student accused of sexting - Police are investigating a middle school student accused of showing naked pictures of a girl to kids at school. And it's part of a growing problem.
Court documents say a 14-year old boy was showing off naked pictures of a 14-year-old girl on his cell phone. TODAY'S TMJ4 caught up with some parents and their reaction to the news might surprise you.
New documents from Milwaukee County Circuit Court describe an X-rated show-and-tell at the school. And now, a 14-year-old boy's cell phone is in police custody after students say he was using it to share naked pictures of a 14-year-old girl.
He claims she gave him the pictures. Read More>>

Warnings of widespread teen sexting in Cape Breton - Teenage girls in Cape Breton are having trouble keeping their phones in their pants, say local police, who claim "sexting" is on the rise on the Nova Scotia island.
Local police have sent a notice to Cape Breton Victoria Regional School Board parents that warns an increasing group of teens in the region are believed to be participating in sexting -- taking nude or partially-nude photographs of themselves with their cellphones and sending them to other teens.
"They are very explicit pictures," Kennedy told CTVNews.ca on Friday, adding it was most often girls taking photos of themselves and sending them to their boyfriends. "Some of the guys were trading them like hockey cards."
"Any image showing a person under the age of 18 years exposing their breasts, sexual organs or anal region, or that shows any person under the age of 18 to be engaged in explicit sexual activity is considered child pornography," states a news release the police issued on Friday. It adds that convictions for manufacturing, possessing, distributing or accessing child pornography can lead to a minimum penalty of 45 days to 1 year.
"If sentenced as an adult, a conviction would also mean being placed on the National Sex Offender Registry for a minimum of 10 years," states the ominous release. Read More>>

Students Arrested in Sexting Triangle - Three Oak Park students are learning the hard way that snapping a lewd picture and pushing the send key can land you in big trouble with the law.
One girl and two boys were arrested, accused of participating in a sexting triangle. The students attend Oak Park River Forest High School in Oak Park, IL – a school that does have classes on sexting and its dangers.
Despite the class, three students are facing disciplinary action for sharing provocative pictures. The female Oak Park River Forest High School student reportedly sent a nude picture of herself to a male student two years ago.
The week of November 14th, that male student sent the picture to his friend – that friend’s mother discovered the snapshot and contacted administration officials at Oak Park River Forest High School.
All students were arrested and charged with distribution of harmful material. Read More>>

Sexting Scandal Started with Boys Sharing Ex-Girlfriend Photos - Nude pictures of Emmaus teens wound up on porn site.- An Emmaus High School sexting scandal started with boys sharing photos of ex-girlfriends, multiple sources have told Patch.
Some of the students involved did not show up for school on Monday, sources also said.
Police are investigating how nude photos of students wound up on an international porn Web site.
Students say they've known about the Web site for weeks and that the site is still active.
One student tweeted about how uncomfortable it is to walk around school knowing classmates have seen her naked. WFMZ reports that some students are bragging about being on the site while others are distraught.  Read More>>

'Sexting' youths placed on sex offenders register - VICTORIAN teenagers caught with raunchy images of girls sent to them via ''sexting'' have been charged with child pornography offences and placed on the sex offender register, ruining their career options and branding them for years.
In one case, an 18-year-old from country Victoria was sent by a female friend six unsolicited text message images of girls aged 15 to 18, topless or in underwear. When downloading other images and videos from his phone to his computer, the sexts were also transferred.
In the other case, a 17-year-old Melbourne youth and his girlfriend, also 17, filmed themselves having sex. After he turned 18, they broke up and he emailed two still images from the video to three friends, something he acknowledges was ''so stupid''. Read More>>

Two Florida teenagers arrested for sexting after girl sent boy photo of herself topless - A 15-year-old boy and girl have been arrested after teachers found that the girl had texted a topless photo of herself. The photo shows the 15-year-old girl posing in a mirror in her underwear holding her left breast.
Both were charged with transmission of pornography by electronic device and taken to Hernando County Jail before being released on bail.
The boy told the school that he had forwarded the photo to another boy on May 27 and was afraid to go to school after he had been threatened for spreading the photo.
At present, minors can be charged with felonies and sentenced as sex offenders if found guilty of sending nude or sexually explicit photos or videos to another minor using computers or cell phones. Read More>>

Two 13-year-olds from Indiana charged with child exploitation for ’sexting’ - Two 13-year-old children from Indiana were charged on Wednesday after they were found 'sexting' with each other, police said on Thursday.
Sexting is the act of sending sexually explicit messages and/or photographs, usually via mobile phones. It has become a controversial issue in recent years when it involves children as prosecutors are unsure how to stop and how to punish the behavior, which can have devastating consequences.
In the latest case in Indiana, Valparaiso police were called to Thomas Jefferson Middle School on Wednesday after school officials learned that two 13-year-old students, a boy and a girl, had been texting nude photos of themselves to each other.
"Police learned through their investigation that the photos were sent in late March of this year and that both students had the photos stored in their cellular phones.  Read More>>

Teens nabbed for sexting - The Marquette County Prosecutor's office recently authorized four felony juvenile petitions to three individuals - two females and a male - following a monthlong sexting investigation by the Marquette City Police Department.
Two charges were levied: child sexually abusive material-possession, a four-year felony; and child sexually abusive activity-distributing or promoting, a seven-year felony.
The investigation focused on sexting - the act of sending sexually explicit messages or images through a mobile phone - among 13- and 14-year-olds who were sending provocative photos of themselves to other teenagers.  Read More>>

14-Year-Old High School Freshman Charged in Sexting Case - A 14-year-old high school freshman has been arrested in a sexting case. This new crime, which was spawned from the hyper communication of cellphones and the Internet, continues to be committed despite warnings by teachers, the media, and officials that sexting can lead to serious consequences.
The freshman decided to exact revenge on a former girlfriend who denied him sex. While erroneously thinking he was teaching her a lesson by posting nude photos of her on Facebook, he ended up with the short end of the stick. The boy was arrested on charges of possessing child pornography, since the girl in question was a minor.
The boy is currently being held at a Roswell-area juvenile detention center.  Read More>>

Schoolboys caught 'sexting' - A group of Rotorua teenagers have been counselled by police after inappropriate "sexting" messages were discovered on a boy's mobile phone.
It has prompted warnings for parents to remind their kids about the risks of technology and monitor the usage of Mobile phones and computers.
Sexting is sending sexually explicit messages, photos or videos via mobile phones. It's an issue on the rise around the world.
Some Australian teens reported exchanging naked images of themselves as they enter relationships - as a form of "insurance" to ensure they can retaliate if anything inappropriate is passed on about them.
A Rotorua police officer was called to investigate inappropriate images found on a schoolboy's mobile phone last month.  A teacher saw photographs on the device of what they believed to be girls under 16 in various states of undress.
The boy said they were local girls and he was not the only boy to have received their images. He claimed almost half a dozen boys in the city had seen them.  Read More>>

'Sexting' Could Land Verdigris Teens On Sex Offender List – Police in Verdigris are hauling teenagers into the police station to warn them that sending partially nude and totally nude photos of themselves to others is illegal and they can be arrested for it.
Detective Hester says what really worries him is the age these kids are starting sending these graphic photos, as young as 12 and 13 years old.
Plus, he worries about the social consequences of these photos coming back to haunt these kids in years to come. He says we all did stupid things as teenagers, but they weren't recorded.
"These younger kids, just don't understand how and when it can come back to affect their lives," he said. "They want to run for office or have a child, the thing pops up."
Police say it's a huge problem: kids taking pictures of themselves or each other, undressed and sending them to a boyfriend or girlfriend.
That alone is considered child porn. The problem is when a break-up happens and these pictures get spread to 300 or 400 people at a time and downloaded onto the internet, sometimes for revenge.
Then they spread to other countries and before you know it, that intimate picture meant for one is seen by millions and there's no way to get it back, no way to stop it, it's out there and accessible forever.  Read More>>

High school students called in over "sexting" incident - Some students were brought into Wells High School Principal Jim Daly and Vice Principal Eileen Sheehy's offices three weeks ago after naked pictures of at least one student were sent over a computer outside of school.
The issue was brought to light by a parent who contacted the Coast Star, who has asked to remain anonymous, using the pseudonym "Pat."
Pat said a 15-year-old boy was caught with photos of a naked WHS freshman girl on his iTouch, and the photo had circulated between at least five of his male friends.
Pat also said that after further discussing the matter with one of the children involved, at least four other girls were alleged by the teen to have sent naked pictures to boys over the school year.
Sheehy declined to comment on how many students were involved in the incident, but said it was a mix of boys and girls. She said those students were educated about the harms of sending naked photos of themselves or others, and informed that it is against the law if they are under 18.  Read More>>

One in four pupils admit swapping porn images of themselves by text message – A disturbing number of children – some as young as 11 – are taking pornographic images of themselves and swapping them with friends via text messages or the internet, experts warn.
A survey reveals that 40 per cent of 11- to 14-year-olds have used their mobile phones or computer to send pictures of themselves or receive naked or topless images of friends.
And more than half of youngsters who sent these images – a trend known as ‘sexting’ – did so knowing the pictures would be passed on to a number of recipients.
And four in ten of the 11,000 children surveyed thought it was ‘appropriate’ to circulate pictures of topless girls in their school.
Outraged parents have urged others to monitor their children’s mobile phones and internet use. The proportion of young children “sexting” is shocking. The driver of it is boys’ attitudes to online porn, which is now far too accessible. Read More>>

Boy of 14 accused of child pornography after convincing girl his age to send him sex text - A 14-year-old boy in Kentucky has been accused of child pornography in a federal court case set to make legal history.
The case in Kentucky involves the unnamed boy allegedly distributing a 10-second sexting video clip of a girl, also 14, that she made of herself.
The girl apparently had a crush on the boy, who said he would only befriend her if she made an intimate film of herself and sent it to him on her cell phone.
She sent it to him and, a few weeks later, a friend of the boy allegedly convinced him to transfer the cell phone video to his computer.
From there, it was a small step to uploading the clip on to the Internet.
The complaint said the video was 'received by students and was in many cases uploaded by the high school students to their iPods in order to share the sexually explicit video with as many students as possible'.  Read More>>

Freeport parents react to widespread 'sexting' allegations - Parents in Freeport are looking for answers after an investigation into a possible sexual assault at a school uncovered a widespread "sexting" problem.
"I’m pretty concerned," said Gina Garcia, a parent. "I have a daughter in the seventh grade here and I’d like to know what’s going on." Phone monitoring could help.
What has so many parents concerned are lewd images found on cell phones—pictures of young girls that may have been forwarded to several students.
The sexting　allegations sprang from a sexual misconduct investigation involving a female student and two 14-year-old boys. The boys told 11 News the girl and one of her friends had sent them nude photographs, and that dozens of other girls had shared similar pictures with other students.  Read More>>

Teenage sex charges spark sexting warning - teenagers have been warned about the dangers of “sexting” after a 14-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted in Bunbury and the incident recorded on a mobile phone.
Four teenage boys have been charged with serious sexual assault offences including possessing child pornography after allegedly possessing the images.
The charges have shocked many, and has raised concerns about the growing trend of teenagers taking, receiving or sending sexual images; sexting.
Sexting is a new issue that parents would not have experienced themselves in school and needed to be aware of.  There are smart phone monitoring programs available to keep your kids honest. 
“The scary thing is young people are unaware of the legal ramifications,” he said.
Teenagers who send images of people under the age of 18 – even if they too are under that age – may be committing a crime, even if all participants are willing. They are at risk of child pornography charges.  Read More>>

Mother catches teen sexting with older man - It's a parent's worst nightmare -- finding out their teen is sexting with someone more than twice their age.
It's a reality for a Chesterfield family. They caught their 15-year-old daughter texting a 43-year-old man and now her mother wants him behind bars.
The pair met online and knew they'd be in trouble if they were ever caught. The mother wants to warn all parents to watch what their children are doing online and who their text messaging.
She never thought her 15-year-old daughter, Cheyenne, would be guilty of sexting, and definitely not with a 43-year-old man from New York.
In the phone she found out that Daffy had nicknamed her daughter "Bunny" and had planned to take her virginity. Read More>>

“Sexting”Leaves Teens With Felony Charges -  At Sesquenita High School, just 15 miles outside of Harrisburg, Pa, eight students from ages 13-17 have learned a tough lesson about “sexting”.
"Take a photograph of yourself or somebody else nude and send it to somebody else, you've committed the crime," said Perry County District Attorney Charles Chenot, who has prosecuted two sexting cases involving a total of 10 minors in the past year.
Chenot considers sexting a form of child pornography and would like for kids to understand that once those images are in someone else's hands they could end up anywhere, even the internet, possibly forever.
The teens at Susquenita High were accused of using their cell phones to take, send, or receive nude photos of each other and in one case a short video of oral sex. The result? A felony pornography charge for each minor.
"That was the only charge that really fits what they were doing," Read More>>

Three teens added to sex offenders registry for relatively minor Sexting offense - A 14-year-old boy and two 13-year-old girls will spend the rest of their lives paying for a error of judgement made in their teens.
The Chinook Middle School students were formally charged Friday in juvenile court with felonies stemming from an incident in which they allegedly used their mobile phones to pass on nude photos of a 14-year-old girl.
Each of the three students involved have been charged with a single count of dealing in depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. It is a class C felony, and carries a maximum penalty of 30 days in juvenile detention.
However, anyone convicted of the offense is required to register as a sex offender, Read More>>

Middle school students suspended over sexting incident - Two Coweeman Middle School students will be suspended after sending explicit photos of themselves to each other using their cell phones, Kelso police said.
Police were called to the school Friday after a 13-year-old girl sent nude photos of herself to a boy, also 13. Police said the boy showed the photos to several of his friends.
The boy also sent text messages containing nude photos of himself to the girl, who then showed them to her friends, a police report said. Read More>>

Student To Spend 1 Year In Juvenile Detention For Sexting - 14-Year-Old Whitnall Student Blackmailed Underage Girls.
A former Whitnall High School student will spend the next year in juvenile detention for blackmailing teenage girls into sending him nude photos of themselves via text messages.
Investigators said the 14-year-old had dozens of pictures of young girls on his iPod and cell phone.
"Anyone who would take nude pictures of themselves and send them out in the airwaves has to be a moron because there is no way to protect themselves once it takes place and these young girls who are doing that are making a horrific mistake," said defense attorney Gerald Boyle. Read More>>

Sexting and bullying leads to yet another teen suicide - Donna Witsell the mother of 13 year-old Hope Witsell appeared on the Today Show talking to Meredith Vieira about Hope’s suicide.
Just 11 weeks ago, Florida teen Hope Witsell took her life because she was being bullied and called a slut after she sexted her boyfriend with a topless picture of herself.
Not only did she get attention from her school, but that of a high school nearby. Her classmates bullied her incessantly to the point that Hope could no longer bare the torment. Read More>>

Sexting Probe at Bristol Middle School - At least four teenagers are suspected for passing around a naked photo of a Bristol Middle School student.
Bristol Police say an 8th grade girl, 14, took a photo of herself topless with her cell phone and then forwarded it on to a boy, who then sent it to several other students. It quickly spread around school, and now parents say they're both shocked and disappointed.
"It's very scary because my son has a cell phone," said Candice Sorenson. "I'm very shocked actually." Read More>>

Police Investigate Stillwater Teens for 'Sexting' - Police are investigating several Stillwater Junior High students in Stillwater accused of texting each other a partially nude photo of a fellow student.
Representative Anastasia Pittman said it's possible that the young teens could be convicted of child pornography for sending a nude photo of a peer because of the way Oklahoma's laws are written.
Statistics show 20 percent of teens admit to "sexting" or sending nude photos phone to phone. At Stillwater Junior High, 3 boys, ages 13 to14, are now accused of it.
"In today's society they need to know anything they do like that can stick with them for a lifetime," said Stillwater Police Captain Randy Dickerson. Read More>>

14-year-old faces kiddie porn charges for sexting nude photos of classmates - They call it sexting but police say it's serious.
There's debate in Milwaukee because a 14-year-old boy is facing child porn charges. Police say the boy threatened to spread rumors about the girls he targeted if they didn't send him nude and semi-nude pictures. They did.
 Police say they found 80 images from several girls on the 14-year-old's cell phone. One nude snapshot of a girl was found on hundreds of phones.
When you have 14-year-olds exchanging photos of sexually explicit activity involving 14-year-olds, that's child pornography Read More>>

'Sexting' teenagers face child-porn charges - After his former girlfriend taunted him, Phillip Alpert remembered the nude photos she e-mailed to him while they were dating.
He took revenge with an electronic blast — e-mailing the photos of the 16-year-old girl to more than 70 people, including her parents, grandparents and teachers.
Three days later, Alpert, then 18, was charged with transmitting child pornography. Today Alpert is serving five years of probation for the crime, and he is registered as a sex offender — a label he must carry at least until he is 43. Read More>>

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North Shore's teen boys addicted to sex and violence online - Boys as young as 12 are becoming addicted to graphic and violent internet pornography.
 “Internet porn is everywhere and a lot of young boys have become addicted,” he said.
“It’s all about instant gratification, rather than delaying urges and building relationships. It teaches them they can have sex there and then and doesn’t teach good values”.
Mr Citer said some schoolboys had developed “rites of passage” where they were required to sexually assault girls to become members of a club.
“A lot of this (internet) stuff is very violent, where you have five or six males having sex with a woman.”
He said internet porn was increasingly “a coping strategy” for boys under stress and the harder life got at school, the more they turned to it. The danger was they were being duped into thinking sex without a relationship was normal behaviour.
Many 12-year-olds were regular browsers of pornography and some were even younger.  Read More>>

Internet porn a growing problem with children - Researchers have found that teen exposure to Internet pornography encourages sex at a younger age.
According to the journal Cyber Psychology and Behavior, males between the age of 12 and 17 who regularly viewed porn had sexual relations at an earlier stage in their lives than those who have not regularly viewed Internet porn.
"Believe it or not, the use of blocking software is declining in America [in conjunction] with the rise of the use of pornography by children," Trueman points out. "There's sort of a disconnect there .... so blocking software is very important." Read More>>

Internet porn 'encourages teenagers to have sex early' - Exposure To Internet Porn Leads Teenagers to Lose their virginity at a "much younger" age, researchers have found. A peer reviewed study from the journal CyberPyschology and Behavior revealed that males aged between 12 and 17 who regularly viewed porn had sex at an earlier stage in their lives and were more likely to initiate oral sex, apparently imitating what they had watched.
Scottish experts warned that the rise in the viewing of pornography was implicated in a variety of sexual problems - including a rise in levels of STDs and teenage pregnancies - and called for parents to be more aware of what their children were watching. Read More>>

Teen girls copy cyber sex acts, teen psychologist says - ONE in five teenage girls deliberately accesses pornography on the internet, which is encouraging some to engage in explicit sex, according to a leading teen psychologist.
And one third admit they have bullied or harassed someone online, according to a survey on the online habits of teenage girls.
Adolescent psychologist Dr Michael Carr-Gregg said some young girls were having oral, anal and group sex after deliberately or accidentally finding porn online.
"The illusion of anonymity on the net gives those girls a virtual dutch courage," Dr Carr-Gregg said.
"I do think this (survey) should be a wake-up call. This is clearly evidence that the situation is getting worse." Read More>>

1 in 3 boys heavy porn users, study shows - Boys aged 13 and 14 living in rural areas, are the most likely of their age group to access pornography, and parents need to be more aware of how to monitor their children’s viewing habits, according to a new University of Alberta study. Read more>>

A 15-year-old girl has been arrested for taking nude photographs of her self and posting them on the Internet, police said - This could be your daughter! Wouldn't you want to stop her if you could? Read More>>