specialodad's Blog

For my first post, I am using this blog to warn other parents of two very dangerous "networking" websites. I'm sure you know about MySpace, but two others that I have discovered while keeping an eye on my children online are:

www.livejournal.com There are many users on this site who list questionable things as their "interests" and there are communities where child-stalkers gather. The Abuse Team (which is a joke) allows just about anything content wise as long as it is listed as "fiction." So, if you'd like to write a pornographic story about a man and little girl, just say it's fiction and you're fine...no matter that it is attracting other deviants!

I have recently written to Livejournal about the harassment of my special needs daughter. We will see what they do about that...though, judging from the content they allow on their site (which is in violation of their own Terms of Service) I doubt nothing will happen.

www.journalfen.net This place is worse than Livejournal. My eldest daughter told me "if it gets kicked off LJ it goes there, Daddy." Journalfen, unlike Livejournal, does not publicize their corporate information so there is really no way to get in touch with the people there. In viewing their site I have seen some disgusting and un-Godly images and text. Journalfen claims on their Terms of Service that "anything goes because you have to be 18 to be here."

Another word of advice to parents:

If you see your child looking for "chan" that means stories and art about a children having sex. I have seen it used most often in the Harry Potter "fandom." The two net-filtering services we have did not automatically block it.

 Please let me know if you find this information helpful. I have been compiling information on internet safety for sometime now and I will supply more if asked.