How is cyberstalking different from child predators luring kids in cyberspace?
While online contact with children by child predators is often called cyberstalking, experts distinguish these crimes as cyberluring, since the intent is to meet the child in real life or get them to cooperate in sexually explicit online behavior. Conversely, the intent in a cyberstalking/harassment situation is to cause fear, punish or hurt the victim. Cyberharassment can involve child predators. For example, posting a child’s personal contact information online as advertising for adult sex is a form of harassment. However, in the United States , this is now prosecuted as a federal child exploitation crime, if the child being targeted is under 16 years of age. Are there different types of cyberstalking/harassment situations? Absolutely! There are three different kinds of cyberstalking situations… • Online cyberstalking and harassment that stays online • Online harassment and stalking that ventures offline or encourages offline actions • Offline stalking or harassment that moves onli
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