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PIMPS RECRUITING GIRLS ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM

A Fort Worth pimp known as “Zigg” has been sentenced to life in federal prison for sex-trafficking children in a statewide operation that existed for more than a year.

He and other co-defendants provided cellphones, rooms, lubricants and condoms, and used threats of violence, sexual assault and intimidation to control the victims, according to federal prosecutors.

Some of the young girls were recruited on Facebook and Instagram.

Child predators, pimps, and child traffickers are no longer limited to a certain locale in their hunt for vulnerable small children and teenagers.  The internet has given them a world-wide audience in which to find and trap their prey.

The predators use social media sites to seek young and impressionable children, offering them jobs as models or a part in a movie that doesn’t exist.  Predators feed on the insecurities and naiveté of the young, and … are experts at manipulation and entrapment.  Predators start with the very young.  As a parent … so should you!

I suggest you talk to your children about child predators at the earliest age appropriate for your child.  Explain what a child predator is and where they can be found.  Explain to your child, the methods often used by a child predator.  Knowledge is the best protection you can give your child.

Ref:  https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article215978610.html

 

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Debbie Barth: 9/04/2018 at 5:35 pm ET

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SOCIAL MEDIA SITE HAS TO … ASK … IF PEDOPHILES SHOULD BE COMMUNICATING WITH CHILDREN ON ITS WEBSITE?

I do get why social media sites regularly send out surveys to their users. Surveys allow the media sites the ability to create programs which draw new users and maintains current users.  On the flip side, it feeds the “collective thinking” mentality which is festering in this and other countries.  But … what does it say about our social online communities when the need is felt to ask users how they feel about pedophiles asking children for sexual pictures?

This was asked in a survey created by Facebook employees.

In 2016, an investigation by the BBC uncovered numerous private Facebook groups by and for men with a sexual interest in children to share images, with one run by a convicted pedophile. Photos of children taken from their parents’ Facebook accounts have also been found on pedophile sites.

In 2017, the BBC flagged dozens of images and pages containing child pornography.  Of the 100 reported images, 18 were removed by Facebook, according to the BBC.  At the time, the BBC said Facebook asked to be sent examples of the images and then reported the broadcaster to the child exploitation unit of Britain’s National Crime Agency.

I find the ineptness of Facebook employees to find and weed out pedophiles, a little more than just … disheartening.  And, for there to be any question as to whether or not pedophiles should be allowed groups, comments and/or to ask children for sexual pictures is way beyond bizarre.

But, this is the world we live in, today.  Child predators, pedophilia, and sex trafficking is not going away.  In fact, it seems to be on the increase.  And, social media has, indeed, become a conduit for deviant and depraved activity.  Unfortunately, children are easily lured into their web.  Most parents think this could not or would not happen to their children.  And yet … many of those same parents have never sat down and had a serious talk about child predators with their small children.

It is time … it is past time.  When social media asks users about whether or not known pedophiles should have … any … communication with children … the warning is ever clear, obvious … and, foreboding.

Ref:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/03/05/facebook-asked-users-if-pedophiles-should-able-ask-kids-sexual-pictures/395535002/

 

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Debbie Barth: 7/31/2018 at 3:33 pm ET
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We Are Not Created Equal – Celebrate it!

EggsWhile browsing through my Facebook news-feed the other day, I saw one of those cute little “feel good” posters that gave me pause for thought. It showed two broken eggs and the legend read, “Inside we are all alike.”

I am quite sure that it was created and displayed with the good intent to make us all feel good … but … I just don’t think that the sentiment was all that it was cracked up to be.

The simple fact is that no, we are not the same inside … and no … we are not created equal.

We are born with blue eyes, brown eyes, green eyes, or various shades of the aforementioned. We are born with blond hair, brown hair, black hair, red hair … or none. We are born with various shades of skin color. We are born with different degrees of intelligence and dispositions. The fortunate are born physically and mentally challenged-free … others are not. I’ve certainly watched enough CSI episodes to know that no two DNA types are the same.

And that is just the beginning. As we grow, our experiences, and our perception of our experiences, are different. We are not the same inside nor outside. We are each … and everyone … uniquely different.

We are born with God-given talents uniquely our own, which must be recognized and cultivated.

I do not subscribe to the theory that we are all the same, nor do I feel that we should strive for “sameness.” I believe that we should bask in our uniqueness. I also believe that we should search for, and recognize, what we do really well …. and strive to be the very best at it. I believe that we should understand what we don’t do very well and strive to do the very best we can. I believe that there are always winners and losers but that … no one … has to always win or always lose.

While cloning is no longer just science fiction, no individuals, nor group of individuals, should fall victim. It is not good for individuals, for teams on a playing field, or in an office … and certainly not for our great country. The uniqueness that is possessed by all of us is what makes us so great when we come together in daily life.

No, we are not created equal … and, we are not the same inside…. as used in this context of this blog …. we are unique … recognize your uniqueness … cultivate it … nurture it … and celebrate it. It truly is one of the things you possess that no one can take away from you … unless you let them.

SUPER BOWL POLAR BEARS ICED

It is a cold reality. The Super Bowl Polar Bears have been iced. One might think the Bears (no, not from Chicago) lost their commercial spot due to the struggling economy. But, according to Coca Cola (who markets the ads) … the bear commercials were just too … passive.

I would guess that there was no family dysfunction, nudity, adultery, people being taken out by assault rifles, foul language, no explicit sexual scenes, no autopsies being performed … nope … just too serene and passive for Coca Cola’s Super Bowl audiences.

So here’s the tip of the iceberg. Coca Cola is replacing the bears with cowboys, badlanders and showgirls … yep … all in one commercial. The commercial places them in the desert, were they see a giant cold frosty bottle of Coke. The battle to get to the Coke is on and the race begins. Sounds like a 15 second “take” on a Sunday night reality show … but whatever.

Coca Cola has made the polar bear demise more … bearable … by getting consumers involved. Consumers will be able to use Facebook, Twitter, and any other social media networks they can come up as a way to interact with the characters and sabotage their least favorite team. Here is a link to a site where consumers can vote on who they want to eventually win the race … www.cokechase.com . The winner will be revealed at the end of the game.

I can already see it now. Family and friends are sitting around the T.V. at the end of the game … the commercial comes on … the end is revealed … and then one can hear someone proudly say …. “I voted for that ending.” Suddenly, Super Bowl 2013 is forgotten, and everyone else in the room looks … in “shock and awe” … up with new-found respect for that person.

Coca Cola … I care barely wait.

Today I was “gang-grouped.”

1-22-2013 12-15-47 PMIt happens when you least expect it.  You are just setting at your desk tweeting with your newest BTFF (best twitter follower forever) or you are texting your thoughts on Facebook’s new Graph Search to the world while getting your wisdom teeth pulled out at the dentist …. and it happens … you’ve been “grouped.”  You start noticing all these new Facebook notifications concerning a group called “Pygmies … Why Women Love Them” …. and you have no idea why your email is filling up with these.  You do not know any pygmies … or women who love them.  The simple truth is that Facebook allows members to add you to any group without asking you first …. no kiss first … no dinner.  People can just “group” you at will.  While the “perp’s” justification is that you are so awesome, you have been invited to the party … or your wisdom and participation are so valued … they are not considering the fact that most people really do want to be asked first.

With all that being said, let me also say that there are some phenomenal groups in Facebook of which I am blessed and honored to be a part.  It is because of these groups that I have met some of the most awesome people on the planet.  Some with whom, I have established a close and long-lasting relationship.

I guess I am an old fashion gal who does not like to be taken for granted.  I prefer being asked first.  In fact, if I found out I have been added to a group without an invitation first … I will … every time … just leave immediately.  And, that is what I did with the three groups I found myself added to this morning.

I also know that there will be those who read this and will think I am referring specifically to them, and that is not true.  I simply adore my FB friends … including the ones involved in the most recent … “gang-group”.  And I would hope the feeling is mutual.

Simply put …ask me to the party … and I will come with my dance shoes on (I can’t guarantee how much time I have to participate.) But, don’t take me for granted …. and just don’t “group” me.