This is the headline of article in the 3/3/94 Boston Globe on the front page
of an inside Metro/Region section.
For most parents, the thought of their child sitting in a bedroom and
skillfully using a computer is a source of comfort and pride"
Increasingly, however, the home computer has become a source of danger, as
manipulative child molesters reach out to unsuspecting children through
thousands of interactive and easy-to-use computer bulletin board systems."
... The news article triggering this discussion article is:
A 23-year-old Chelmsford [Mass] man pleaded not guilty to an attempted
kidnapping charge after he allegedly used a computer bulletin board to
attempt to coax a teen-ager into helping him abduct a young boy for sexual
purposes
The article goes on to explain BBS systems and how they allow impersonal
contact between juveniles and child molesters. Law enforcement officials in
Massachusetts have been concentrating upon (and getting publicity) for
investigating computer assisted child-abuse. There have been several other
charges, and in 1992 a Cambridge man pleaded guilty to raping two boys who he
met through a BBS.
[Also noted by Bob_Frankston@frankston.com. PGN] [dtarabar@hstbme.mit.edu (David Tarabar) via risks-digest Volume 15, Issue 62]
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