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INTERNET HISTORY

INTERNET HISTORY. Cyberspace =. World Wide Web =. Internet. equals connections to computers anywhere in the world and almost instantaneous access to virtually an unlimited amount of information. Dangers Online. There are over 1.6 billion web sites.

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INTERNET HISTORY

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  1. INTERNET HISTORY Cyberspace = World Wide Web = Internet equals connections to computers anywhere in the world and almost instantaneous access to virtually an unlimited amount of information.

  2. Dangers Online There are over 1.6 billion web sites There are an estimated 12.8 million pornographic websites Estimates indicate that there are over 17,000 websites devoted to child pornography or pedophilia. According to police estimates, as many as 80,000 child pornography files are traded online every week and 75% of all child porn is distributed over the internet. (ZDNet)

  3. Possess child porn • distribute child porn • manufacture child porn • online enticement of children for sexual acts • child prostitution • kids threatening kids • Child sex tourism • child sexual molestation (not in the family) • children bought and sold • cyber-stalking • charges vary from state to state and jurisdiction What ARE “Internet Crimes Against Children?” Using a computer to:

  4. Kids and the Internet The majority of US children over the age of 12 are allowed to surf the Web unsupervised, according to a recent survey by Greenfield Online. The study found that only 5 percent of parents with children over the age of 16 attempt to monitor their online activities, with just 20 percent of parents using software to control the type of material their children can access online. Greenfield estimates that 55 percent of children aged 11 and over use the Net for school work, while 20 percent of parents with children in this age group say that they are more interested in the Net than in TV. Who Surfs Alone? 15% <12 years old 12-15 years old 50% > 15 years old 75% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 0% 80%

  5. Question - What percentage of girls aged 12-18 have had some form of cyber sex. Answer - Of the 10,800 girls in this age bracket that participated, 60 percent answered yes. Question - Of those girls in the study, how many actually met a person online and then met them offline. Answer - 39 percent

  6. Youth Internet Safety Survey Category I: Sexual Solicitations Unwanted Solicitations Received • 70% AT HOME • Most others occur at a friend’s house (13%)

  7. Youth Internet Safety Survey Category I: Sexual Solicitations • Identifying solicitors is very difficult • Aggressive solicitors • Adults--34% • Other Minors--48% • Unknown--18%

  8. Online Solicitation • 1 out of 5 are sexually solicited via the internet. • 1 out of 25 children are aggressively sexually solicited via the internet. (sent gifts, meeting arranged, or travel to watch or observe the child)

  9. PROFILE OF A PEDOPHILE (Preferential - Situational ) • Typically: White Male, Age? (15-65+) • Multiple victims, persistent, predictable • Above average intelligence • Middle class or higher socioeconomic status • Socially competent (At least with children) • Know how to use computer/technology FACT: 9% of people addicted to the Internet have a sex addiction or gambling addiction

  10. THE APPEAL OF COMPUTER USE TO OFFENDERS TOOL THAT FACILITATES THEIR INTEREST IN KIDS PROVIDES THE OFFENDER WITH: • PRIVACY • ANONYMITY • INSTANT GRATIFICATION • EASY ACCESSIBILITY TO MILLIONS OF CHILDREN • SECURITY • PRIOR TO THE INTERNET HAD TO BE CLOSE TO KIDS TO ACTIVELY INTERACT WITH THEM

  11. AS PARENTS WE TRUST AND OUR KIDS TRUST Family members in a position of authority and members of the community that historically have had child nourishing roles Monsters Don’t Get Close to Children, Nice Men Do...

  12. Social Networks • MySpace.com • Facebook.com • Bebo.com • Second Life

  13. MySpace.com • 205 million profiles • 17% of profiles are age 18-24 • 50% of profiles are age 35 and over • Launched in September 2003. • 900 Million in advertising ANNUALLY! • Worth 15 Billion Dollars!

  14. MySpace.comWho is using MySpace • Individuals • Bands and Musicians • Businesses & Marketers • Films and Film Industry • Comedians • Clubs and Organizations (churches, gangs) • Cops (to solve crime and recruit)

  15. Who is using MySpace • An Estimated: • 29,000 registered sex offenders

  16. Profile Examples • C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Beresford\index.cfm.htm • C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Beresford\index.cfm2.htm

  17. More Profiles • C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Beresford\index.cfm3.htm • C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Beresford\barackobama.htm

  18. On the evening of February 1, 2002, Brenda Van Dam and a couple of her friends went out to a bar. Her husband, Damon Van Dam, stayed behind to look after Danielle and her two brothers. Damon put Danielle to bed around 10:30 p.m., and she fell asleep. Damon also slept, until his wife returned around 2:00 a.m. The next morning, Danielle was missing. The couple frantically searched their home for her, but never found her. They called the police at 9:39 a.m.

  19. DAVID WESTERFIELD CONVICTED OF MURDER • Victim 7 year old Danielle Van Dam • Taken from bedroom during the night • Defendant 50 year old engineer and neighbor to victim • Girl’s blood and fingerprints linked to defendant motor home and clothes • 640,000 images of pornography and child pornography on the defendant’s home computer - had a sophisticated file system for images • Girl’s remains discovered in a wooded area adjacent to a highway approximately 1 month after her disappearance • Defendant was new in the neighborhood and a casual acquaintance of the mother (alleged swinger lifestyle of the parents will be called in question)

  20. OPERATION AVALANCE SAMPLING OFFENDER PROFILES ENGINEER, GM RADIOS STATION, COMPUTER TECHNICIANS, NURSE, NANNY, ANTI-CHILD PORN ACTIVIST, USAF CAPTAIN, LAW STUDENT, YOUTH ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, TEACHER, HS STUDENT, MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT, PSYCHOLOGIST, ATTORNEY, DIRECTOR OF A BOYS CLUB, PRIEST, REAL ESTATE SALESMAN, COURT OFFICER, UNITED WAY WORKER, POLICE CAPTAIN, FIREFIGHTERS. VIP POLITICAL PARTY (YOUTH VOLUNTEER) CONSTRUCTION WORKER, ATT OPERATOR, HOTEL COMPUTER OPERATOR, MENTAL HEALTH WORKER, SUP. NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, POSTAL EMPLOYEE, YOUTH COUNSELOR, YOUTH CAMP DIRECTOR, SEWER WORKER, MINISTER, WINE PURCHASER, TRUCK DRIVER, GAS STATION ATTENDANT, UNEMPLOYED DISABLED PERSONS. HOSPITAL WORKER, PHOTOGRAPHER, BOY SCOUT TROOP LEADER, CHRISTIAN RADIO REPORTER, X-RAY TECHNICIAN, AIDS ACTIVIST, FOOD SERVICE OPERATOR, PUBLISHER, SALESMAN, AUTO PARTS CLERK, INSURANCE AGENT, 7TH GRADE TEACHER, APT. BUILDING MANAGER, CIVIL ENGINEER, DRAFTSMAN, CITY POOL MAINTENANCE, SOCIAL WORKER, SECURITY OFFICER. PIPE FITTER, MECHANICAL INSPECTOR, EXECUTIVES, BAR OWNER, SEX OFFENDER COUNSELOR, FLOWER DISTRIBUTOR, FIREWORKS SALESMAN, CAPTAIN VOLUNTEER FIREMAN, ETC. ETC.

  21. 4/25/02 Sioux Falls Man Charged With Child Pornography Possession

  22. HURON MAN SENTENCEDMarch 8, 2002(Sioux Falls-AP) -- A Huron man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for having sex with a 15-year-old Minnehaha County girl he met over the Internet. Forty-two-year-old Robert Wahl pleaded guilty to two counts of statutory rape as part of a plea agreement. The plea kept Wahl from facing the maximum sentence of 30 years. Wahl is also barred from owning or using a computer with Internet access for 15 years after his release. Prosecutors say that Wahl met the 15-year-old girl while in an Internet chatroom last summer. He then went to her home on two different occasions and bought her cigarettes in exchange for sex. Wahl told the court he is sorry for what he did and that he thought the girl was 17 instead of 15.

  23. 03/07/2007 FORMER SIOUX FALLS TEACHER SENTENCED OVER THE YEARS, HE WORKED CLOSELY WITH HUNDREDS OF SIOUX FALLS STUDENTS. BUT A FORMER SHOP TEACHER ALSO ADMITS HE HAD A PROBLEM WITH CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. NOW STEVEN M. SMITH IS HEADED TO FEDERAL PRISON. STEVEN SMITH STOOD UP IN COURT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND TEARFULLY APOLOGIZED TO HIS FAMILY, HIS CHILDREN, AND HIS STUDENTS. DESPITE THAT THE JUDGE AND PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS FELT THAT BECAUSE HE LOOKED AT OVER 15 THOUSAND IMAGES, INCLUDING PORNOGRAPHIC IMAGES INVOLVING INFANTS, SMITH DESERVED A LENGTHY SENTENCE. STEVEN SMITH ONLY PLEADED GUILTY TO ONE COUNT OF POSSESSING CHILD PORN. BUT ONE MONTH LAST YEAR, COURT RECORDS STATE SMITH ACCESSED 15,500 IMAGES. HE ADMITS HE SPENT MORE THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS IN SUBSCRIPTIONS TO ILLEGAL WEBSITES AND SPENT AT LEAST AN HOUR A DAY VIEWING THE MATERIAL. “HERE'S A PERSON THAT HAD NO PRIOR CRIMINAL HISTORY STILL INVOLVED WITH SOMETHING AS SERIOUS AS THIS,” SAYS PROSECUTING ATTORNEY JEFFREY CLAPPER. CLAPPER SAYS PEOPLE LIKE SMITH ARE THE REASON CHILDREN ARE BEING VICTIMIZED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. HE SAYS, “PEOPLE JUST DON'T LOOK AT THE IMAGES THEY'RE CREATING A MARKET TO VICTIMIZE CHILDREN AND THOSE CHILDREN ARE BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED.” CLAPPER SAYS, “I THINK IT SHOULD CAUSE MORE CONCERN FOR THE CITIZENS OF SIOUX FALLS AND SOUTH DAKOTA TO LET THEM KNOW THAT EVEN A TEACHER RIGHT HERE IN THE HEARTLAND OF AMERICA AND BE INVOLVED IN SOMETHING AS HEINOUS AS THIS.” 

  24. Child Victims • Children are “perfect victims” • They are often too trusting • They often desire attention and affection (If they are not getting this at home, they will get it elsewhere) • They are often curious about sex • They are often not viewed as credible witnesses

  25. File Sharing Programs • Kazaa • Morpheus • Lime Wire • Bear Share • WinAmp • QTraxMax • mIRC • Phex

  26. Technology is NO Substitute The majority of parental control products can be defeated.

  27. #1 Rule GET INVOLVED: Supervise your children when they're online, just as you do during other activities. Software, the government, standards organizations-none can replace Mom or Dad as co-pilot.

  28. Safety Tips • Get to know the services your child uses • Educate yourself • Establish rules of Internet use • Talk with your children about dangers online • Make computing a family activity • Monitor, monitor, monitor Tell children to report to you any threatening messages they receive, and bring it to the attention of your ISP and your local or state police department if it is serious.

  29. Reporting Suspected Child Exploitation If you know of a child that is in immediate danger, contact your local law enforcement right away to report the incident! Reporting to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

  30. Exploited Child Unit The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

  31. Special Agent Troy Boone South Dakota DCI Troy.Boone@state.sd.us www.sdcybersafe.com

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