WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The United States has arrested 1,140 people on charges of sexually preying on children as part of a nationwide sweep to protect children, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday.
The arrests stemmed from a two-month operation in April and May tracking alleged offenders who use the Internet to lure youths and traffic them into commercial sexual exploitation, child pornography and traveling abroad to engage in child sex tourism, it said in a news release.
The arrests were part of Operation Broken Heart, which last year netted 275 arrests for child sexual predation.
In Texas, for example, 17 men were charged with a range of crimes that included stalking children on the Internet for sex, and possession and distribution of child pornography, it said.
Among the men arrested in Texas were three soldiers and a former employee of the Boys and Girls Club of Central Texas.
"Predators use technology in sinister and inventive ways to reach their child victims across state and national boundaries," Robert Listenbee, administrator of the department's juvenile justice and delinquency prevention program, said in the news release.
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I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.
But really, it would be just as effective, and probably more so if we taught our kids to be smarter about their online activities. Sadly, so many teens and Tweens think they know better than their parents.
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I'm not arguing, I'm just explaining why I'm right.
Well, I could agree with you--but then we'd both be wrong.
But really, it would be just as effective, and probably more so if we taught our kids to be smarter about their online activities. Sadly, so many teens and Tweens think they know better than their parents.
And a lot of them know more about technology than their parents for sure.
Facebook doesn't allow accounts until you turn 13 I think. So that's why kids lie about their age on FB. Duh. It doesn't take a genius to circumvent those rules. But parents need to be tech savvy enough to be able to figure out if their kids are using it anyway. Checking the phone, computer history, etc.
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Out of all the lies I have told, "just kidding" is my favorite !
But really, it would be just as effective, and probably more so if we taught our kids to be smarter about their online activities. Sadly, so many teens and Tweens think they know better than their parents.
And a lot of them know more about technology than their parents for sure.
Facebook doesn't allow accounts until you turn 13 I think. So that's why kids lie about their age on FB. Duh. It doesn't take a genius to circumvent those rules. But parents need to be tech savvy enough to be able to figure out if their kids are using it anyway. Checking the phone, computer history, etc.
But kids are too trusting. They think these online persons are being truthful.
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I'm not arguing, I'm just explaining why I'm right.
Well, I could agree with you--but then we'd both be wrong.
