Office of the Attorney General Bill McCollum CHILD PREDATOR CYBERCRIME UNIT

1. Office of the Attorney General Bill McCollum CHILD PREDATOR CYBERCRIME UNIT

2. WARNING If you have the Internet in your home, you have the potential for a PREDATOR to be in your home! It is your choice to allow this PREDATOR to have contact with you children.

5. The Internet

6. Chat rooms AOL Yahoo! IRC On-Line Video Games PC Games X-Box 360 Play Station 3 World of Warcraft Halo Second Life Peer2Peer Limewire Bearshare Kazaa, Kazaa Lite Social Networking Sites Myspace Yahoo! 360 FaceBook Profiles Too much personal information E-Mail With attachments Danger Areas

7. Cyber Neighborhood The Internet is a virtual neighborhood. Almost anything you can do in the real world, you can do in the “cyber” neighborhood. It used to be that you needed to know where your kids were and who they hung out with, now you need to know that AND where they go on the internet and who they talk to.

9. Online Victimization of Youth: A Report on the Nation’s Youth (1999)source: Dr. David Finkelhor, Crimes Against Children Research Center Surveyed 1,501 children, ages 10-17 : • 1 in 5 were sexually solicited online • 1 in 4 encountered some type of pornography • 1 in 33 were aggressively solicited by mail, telephone, or attempts to meet

10. Online Victimization of Youth: Seven Years Later (2006)source: Janis Wolak, Kimberly Mitchell, and David Finkelhor of the Crimes Against Children Research Center University of New Hampshire Surveyed 1,500 children, ages 10-17: • 1 in 7 were sexually solicited online • 1 in 3 exposed to sexual material • 1 in 11 were threatened or had other offensive behavior directed at them

11. 2006 Survey Findings About Aggressive Solicitation • 75% of solicitors asked to meet youth in person • 34% called youth on the telephone • 18% came to the youth’s home • 12% gave youth money, gifts, and other items • 9% sent offline mail to youth • 3% bought travel tickets for youth

12. Online Victimization Survey Continued… • The majority of solicitation took place in Chat Rooms and Instant Messages. • Less than 10% were reported to Law Enforcement, Schools, ISPs, or a Hotline. • Teenage girls are most at risk. • Predators are non-stereotypical.

13. 2006 NCMEC Report vs. 2005 • Child Pornography (possession/distribution): 62,480 3% Decline • Child Prostitution: 1,098 - 99% INCREASE • Child Sex Tourism: 566 - 180% INCREASE • Child Sexual Molestation: 2,156 - 31% INCREASE • Misleading Domain Name: 2,101 - 150% INCREASE • Online Enticement of Children for Sexual Acts: 6,384 • 139% INCREASE • Unsolicited Obscene Material Sent to a Child: 1,799 • 194% INCREASE • Total: 76,584 – 8% INCREASE

14. Warning Signs • Excessive Online use. • Unsupervised time in chat rooms. • Drastic behavior or attitude changes • Downloading large graphical files (P2P) • PHOTO FILES: .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .bmt, .tif • MOVIE FILES: .mpg, .avi, .wmv, .mpeg • Receiving gifts or phone calls from adults you don’t know. • Face to Face meetings.

15. Why do Predator’s use the Internet • Thousands of potential victims. • Lack of parental supervision. • Predators can network with other Predators. • Amount of personal information in profiles. • Predators believe they can remain anonymous.

16. Why Are Profiles So Dangerous? • Easy to search for “key words” to find a specific type of person. • Most children post pictures of themselves. • Personal information • Full name • Date of birth • Address • Interests • Other biographical information

17. MySpace

19. www.myspace.com • Myspace.com is a very popular place on the Internet where people network, send messages to one another, post pictures of themselves and others, and make cyber-friends. • A few users of Myspace have been involved in incidents recently involving luring or enticement of minors. Myspace has also been used for cyberbullying, cyberstalking and harassment.

26. Let’s look at some myspace profiles

28. Here’s Dannys profile…he likes poetry, plants, flowers and watching movies by the fire.

29. Danny loves his country and is here for dating, serious relationships, friends and networking. So far he has 14 friends listed

30. Danny has posted some pics of his tatoo’s. Says here that he is looking for a girlfriend!

31. Let’s look at another web site that Danny belongs to.

32. Hey! There’s Danny. Surprise! His myspace page never mentioned that he is a level 3, high-risk sex offender.

33. Keep your home computer in a common area. Be aware of other computers that your child may use. (School, Library, Friend’s house) Activate the logging features on your computer Know the common features of your computer and the software on your computer. Parents must be the primary screen name for the computer. Parents must keep a record of your child’s screen names and passwords. Parents must monitor their child’s profiles. Child’s screen names should be non-descriptive. Steps you can take to protect your children online

34. Checking Internet History

36. Yahoo Instant Messenger

39. “SEXTING” …sending sexually charged material via cell phone text messaging, or posting materials on-line…

40. 2008 Survey • National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unwanted Pregnancy • 39% teens are sending or posting sexually suggestive messages • 48% have received such messgaes

41. www.myfloridalegal.com

42. www.safeflorida.net/safesurfadults

43. www.safeflorida.net/safesurfteens

44. www.safeflorida.net/safesurfkids

45. www.myspace.com/florida_cpcu

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47. Child Predator CyberCrime Unit CaptainCla Parker North Florida Region Jacksonville Office 904-348-2720 Milton Office 850-983-4463 Cyber Tipline 800-843-5678 1-800 THE LOST