Today I was watching Good Morning American and this news piece came on about a disturbing new website that is gaining popularity very rapidly called Chatroulette. (I do not normally pass or forward info like this around because all of us get so much of these "scary"/caution emails all the time, but this one is for real and it is very upsetting.)
However, This could be very serious and dangerous for our kids and the experts saying that "our kids" probably already know about this site and have or are using it AND there are no restrictions on who or how it is used and it is free. This means that anyone from anywhere at anytime can go online with a webcam and go "live" with anything they want...no questions asked and it can be viewed...no questions asked nor any age restrictions required. The reporters that were involved with this news piece stated that a large number of the 'live chats' they encountered were sexually explicit, and other things that cannot be mentioned. One reporter mentioned that she saw kids that appeared to be as young as ten or eleven on this site.
Here is a quote from the ABC NEWS article from Feb 13, 2010 "Chat rooms are about as old as the Internet. Either strictly in text or, more recently, via video hookup, they've been used for years to solve problems, hold meetings, geek out over shared obsessions and, yes, sniff out anonymous sex. Enter Chatroulette. Suddenly, this ancient Internet activity has been retooled for the social-media-obsessed 21st century. Here's how it works: You don't need to sign on to anything, just go to the site with your webcam-equipped computer to find yourself face to face with a total stranger somewhere else in the world." http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/chatroulette-talking-strangers-internet/story?id=9822879
I have posted the GMA links so you can either watch the story or read the full article.
"Chatroulette: Talking to Strangers Is Cheap and Often Racy
While Promise of New Web Site Is to Connect Strangers, the Practice Can Be Something Creepier"
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/chatroulette-talking-strangers-internet/story?id=9822879
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