Cuties attract paedophiles

Paedophiles...... Paedophiles are people (or "criminals") that are sexually attracted to children *simpler definition* or you can look up Wikipedia = Paedophiles (clickable link) to have a better and longer definition. Many children aren´t safe with Paedophiles exisitng, especially when you can´t tell who is who from the looks on their faces.

I found this interesting article from FMT (Free Malaysia Today) online webportal about these criminals. Apparently the "researchers" are at the moment blaming the "existence" of Facebook and how kids nowadays are using facebook to post their photos. Then..... I wonder........ how the hell did these criminals get their victims long time ago, before the era of Facebook or any of these social media networks?!

But then again..... just something to spend your time reading... which in my opinion, is slightly ridiculous reading especially when they are only blaming facebook.... Nevertheless, happy reading!

Cuties attract paedophiles

June 17, 2013

Regardless of gender, children who pose in Facebook are prone to be attacked by paedophiles.

FEATURE

KUALA LUMPUR: Children who put on a cute face and affectionate pose on social networking sites such as Facebook can invite paedophiles.

A psychologist with the Educational Psychology and Counselling Department of the Universiti Malaya, Prof Madya Dr Mariani Mohd Nor said many children under 13 years of age now owned Facebook accounts and enjoyed downloading their pictures in various poses without realising that they could be observed by paedophiles.

“Even the facial mimic, lip style, camera-looking style can also spur paedophiles.

“Not only girls, but boys with a cute face are also prone to attacks by paedophiles,” she said.

People suffering from paedophilia have a tendency for sex crimes against children and these people usually act brutally against the victims in order to achieve satisfaction.

Dr Mariani said most of the children were now also seen to competing among their peers to gain popularity by downloading a lot of pictures to get the highest ‘like’ ratings.

“They (boys and girls) want to be popular. Apart from the Facebook, there is also rivalry in the YouTube by downloading photos and videos to get the highest hits. While all this is done to gain popularity it is also affecting their personal safety,” she said.

She added that the paedophilia threat was always present especially in the borderless world of information technology that allowed the people to look for their victims through the internet, so continuous monitoring by parents was important.

Meanwhile, Head of Strategic Communications of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) Sheikh Raffie Abd Rahman said the easy Facebook access enabled many children to falsify their age to gain entry.

“This is where parents need to monitor their children, especially on the use of social websites and make sure they do not interact with strangers in cyberspace,” he said.

He said the commission strived to implement education and awareness programmes on the safe use of the internet to curb its abuse that could invite a variety of threats including paedophilia.

Until now, in Malaysia no cases of peodophilia had been recorded although a few cases involving rape and murder of children had been reported.

”Paedophilia patients are categorised as those who commit acts of rape on children several times, but if they only commit the crime once, it is not categorised as paedophilia,” said Investigation Division of Sexual, Abuse and Children (D11) Assistant Director ACP Hamidah Yunos.

- Bernama