National PSA campaign targets Internet sex predators

National PSA campaign targets Internet sex predators
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On the web | Project Safe Childhood homepage BY JAY WEAVER
jweaver@MiamiHerald.com
If you've ever wondered whether the universe of Internet sexual predators is expanding, consider these stats:

Nationwide, federal prosecutors have indicted 2,289 defendants in online child solicitation and pornography cases this year -- up 33 percent over 2006.

In South Florida, the U.S. attorney's office has nearly doubled its prosecutions of underage cyber sex crimes over the same period, indicting 81 defendants.

U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta on Tuesday cited those alarming numbers as he announced the launch of English and Spanish public service announcements to raise awareness among parents about the threat of online sexual predators to children.

''If you're scared, you should be,'' Acosta said, flanked by senior federal officials from the Justice Department. ``It's a very serious, serious issue.''
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How Much More do we have to see these numbers continue to climb. It seems nobody is even aware of the dangers. It seems to be that parents feel that everybody is doing it so it must be O.K. Children are inhibited on the internet and they need parenting.

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These numbers should not be going up. They should be going down. It Is becoming a virtual playground for sexual predators on the internet.