Forensic psychologist Rachel O'Connell told the Scottish Parliament today that children who create weblogs are vulnerable to pedophiles who seek to groom them for sex. A law is being considered with 10 year jail sentences for this practice.
According to O'Connell: "This is just a paedophile's dream because you have children uploading pictures, giving out details of their everyday life because it's an online journal." She adds that mobile weblogs allow pedophiles access via phones.
She says RSS feeder programs can be used by pedophiles to track children who put pictures on weblogs. A group of pedophiles could also take information from the weblog to track children and abduct them. It is argued parents need more awareness.
