Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 26, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 local Iii May 2000 there ought to be a Law child find leads the charge for legislation to Stop online paedophiles child find Manitoba is asking Ordinary Winni Eggers to join politicians and childrens advocates in the Battle against inter net the organizations executive director said we Are promoting Legisla Tion against those who use the internet for crimes against said Lianna Mcdon we need to hear from any one who has had a personal experience or who has information we can child finds eight member advocacy working in partnership with the is addressing the Lack of Federal legislation preventing predators from sending sexually explicit material to children or luring them for the purpose of sexual As they plan to fight for education to prevent child victimization and assistance for parents who would like to add filters or other controls to their Wayne a vice officer and member of the said that the Public needs to understand just How easy it is for a paedophile to con tact a child theres the anonymity said if a 235pound police offi cer can go online and pretend to be a pigtailed 13yearold girl with the paedophiles can when a child disappears in Harrison police immediately look to the Home computer for a possible child finds concerns have been echoed by Manitoba we need to make this an initiative of the Federal said nip my Judy the nip Mem Bers will continue to push we cant just leave this to its a responsibility of the nip has already put Forward Bill a private members Bill stat ing that anyone who uses the internet to facilitate sex offences with children is guilty of an the government is working on the said Liberal my Ron a commit tee will come up with specific recommendations by he they Are examining issues related to offensive Content on the internet and that includes internet said that working group is examining the broader question of the Tran Boundary aspect of these the said is to deter mine whether or not amendments to the Law Are Winnipeg school divisions have rushed to assure parents that every Effort has been made to assure that Chil Dren using computers in schools Are Safe from most of the divisions in the City run a filter for hate lit drug said Brad information systems manager for the vital school lists of inappropriate Sites Are As Are Many Chat teachers Are told that most Chat Sites Are to be avoided and children sign an inappropriate usage Biehn said schools can Only do so forty per cent of the students in the division have Home he and that responsibility Falls to the my computer is in the family room where i can keep an Eye on if a 235pound police officer can go online and pretend to be a pigtailed 13yearold girl with the paedophiles can Wayne Winnipeg police vice officer Mcdonald right says kids should not be left unsupervised when they Are surfing the Ken Paliotti Winnipeg free press readers respond Here Are some of the dozens of emails that readers sent to Lindor Reynolds in response to her stories last week on the problem of internet luring v i am a 14yearold who read your article about the 15yearold girl who had been receiving emails from a Man who claimed to be 15 that she had met in a teen Chat i dont mind the Way the article tells parents about what their children might be but now my friends and Are planning to cancel our internet because of in the past i have heard Many stories of internet perverts who have raped or sexually assaulted teens that go into Chat i being a am concerned but not to the Point As to have my Mother take away my privileges of talking to my friends All Over the might i have gained my Trust and not by Sweet talking most of us teens should know by now that if entering Chat they should take All precautions and be aware of what they might be getting themselves into Many times i have heard people Tell me not to believe everything i see on the com Puter screen coming from someone and i know if people Are going to be As careless As to believe someone when they Are most Likely then that is their own and they should know not to give out per Sonal info to someone you have Only known for maybe a few minutes if not an but me and a few of my friends Are getting sick of the Way editors Are putting Down Chat i that rooms Are a Good place to get to know about the world and other people who live in different from what i have its almost always the people from teen channels and other sex related places that All the perverted users Are so just by entering the wrong Channel Are people taking the and even though i have talked to my room about she does not believe that what i am saying is if people could Only see that rooms Arent just where the stalkers Lurk to find some Young teen to the program i use is inc and not once have i heard of anything bad coming from but because of articles like my mom is in the belief that All rooms Are dangerous no matter where you which int entirely True the computers these Days Are so High tech that we Are Able to Block senders in e mail and the Chat rooms which should be used More often Are the ones Well protected with i crops like the one i people Are Only going at their own risk and what happens to them is their own fault for being so careless for the results of giving out personal information like email addresses and phone they be doing that unless they know for sure they can Trust the which might not be possible for and even then you should still be aware of the dangers at but because of the faults of other careless people and editors such As yourself who put these columns in the i am losing one of the greatest computer privileges i have Ever known and Vanessa Krawchuk i would be interested to know the Leal safeguards to this Guys Why riot jew his email my or ice number so that safety can do its and bring this Freak into jew where he obviously cannot survive v greetings i read your article today concerning the perverts that Are lurking on the internet search ing for kids to apply their deviations this makes me wonder if Why would a school allow this activity with out being creation of an ice when one creates an ice member there Are numerous filters that can be applied that would prevent out Side contacts that the student Doest thus perverts be Able to Access their this should be the same also for Home the Fil ters can be applied also for email to prevent such t Wake up parents and Stop blaming the internet for perverts who prowl on our these people Are yes they Are idiots and obviously they have nothing better to one Mother said there is Only so much you can there is a lot you can do sit with your children while they Are on the there is a lot of Good stuff on there they can learn but in my opinion kids should be monitored while surfing the especially the younger there is no Way i would allow my child to just sit and cruise on the net without my what is wrong with these parents three to four hours a Day is far too Long for a child to be spending on a one to two is sufficient until they Are Wake up and smell the Linda Corbeil i like your article on sickos on the i like your column it enlighten please when referring to these people try to use whole name or w Ted Jaworski v i have read with real interest your recent stories about online i have a personal experience with one such internet my a business he started simply with the asian girls web Sites and then moved on to the much harder downloading of images of naked it got worse from there with the Chat during this whole i was unaware and Only one of my employees suspected needless to it become quite Nasty once i found out and it forced me to ask him to leave the and never i should preface this by saying he was an individual that i was friends with for Over 30 you have missed a Point in your articles he cant help himself and he is Hagemo blame this seems common to All of these online in this particular he Hast been Able to keep a Job As All subsequent employers find out his secret life and ask for his he blames for his misfortune in losing jobs and really Doest see that what he is doing is wrong Pyan socially t the problem with disconnecting kids from the internet is that parents afraid their kids will fall behind in computer and some Day will not be Able to get a Job because of the solution is to provide an alternative to the internet a controlled and regulated source of information and educational materials which kids can learn from but does not allow for interaction Between kids and such a exist at least the technology but will to put it to use does i have been fighting the and Csc on and off for five years to use the already established data broadcast system the Csc owns but will not turn and to have the revoke the Cecis rights to this system because of Over a decade of David Walley t i wanted to thank you for writing the article in today paper regarding online As a mom of a 13yearold daughter who is venturing further into the internet i find information such As that found in your article extremely Benefi my daughter has been hounding me to download ice so she can Chat to her school yet i dont understand the need when the Telephone seems to do a More efficient the information in your article has confirmed some of the fears i have had and would like to see More information on How we can protect our kids and teach our kids to be smarter and safer while they Are on the obviously we cant sit with them every nor would they want us to and it appears that those seeking to link up with kids Are a lot smarter and use techniques that let alone my daughter would Ever see through thanks again and keep up the informative Bev name withheld v go get i want to congratulate you on raising awareness this i am a Mother of four children ranging in age from two to 12 through my Job i have become computer literate and parents who Are not familiar with the internet should take courses and get on the computer with this they can get a far better handle on their own situation at Many parents do no know what a hot mail account let alone How to help their child Block certain types of messages or track where their children have been the l ones want no part of things get forwarded to them through their hot mail accounts whether they want it or courses information to help parents help their kids in this regard would be a great Pathy Hummelt 1 ;