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Thursday, March 3, 1983

Headline: "Child molesters use computer talk as bait"

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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Maximillian Dornseif, 2002.
 
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