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Web Cams and Teen Wish Lists
There are thousands of places on the Internet where a young person can set up a
free Web page where they can post information about themselves, their
interests, their favorite music, teen idols and whatever else they would like to
add for the world to see. Once the Web page is created, links to other sites can
be added. That's where the “wish list” comes in.
Just about every online retail store has created a feature where kids can select
items that they would like to receive as gifts. These items are then added to a
page where the items can be purchased by shoppers visiting the child's site and
shipped directly to the young person or items can be picked up at a local mall.
The young person's address is usually shielded from view even though the
shopper can see the city and state where the child resides. The primary purpose
that the retail stores had in mind was to provide a way for the young person's
friends or family to purchase the items that the kid wants most and increase sales
from the Internet. One retail site that offered wish lists estimated that 10,000
teens had signed up and in just a few weeks the site was generating over
$100,000 in sales of products from the wish lists.
All of this is a great idea for teens with family out of town and it all looks very
innocent on the surface. The problem begins when the Web cam is combined with
the wish list. The pedophile or child molester contacts the teen and convinces
them to perform a wide variety of sexually explicit acts on his or her Web cam in
exchange for the purchase of something on the young person's wish list. These
live broadcasts almost always consist of at least nudity but more often the child is
coached on how to masturbate and is told exactly what to do during a live
broadcast.
The young person probably isn't able to comprehend the serious consequences
of this activity until it is too late. He or she has no idea that these live shows are
frequently recorded on the child pornographer's computer and later traded or
sold to thousands of other child pornographers. Once the child has exploited
himself or herself, the damage has already started and won't go away for a long
time if it ever goes away.
The parents or other adults in the lives of these kids may not know anything
about the wish list or the fact that their young person is sexually exploiting
themselves publicly on the Internet. They only become aware of this activity when
strange packages start arriving or the child is missing as a result of going to meet
one of these strangers in person.