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NBC: A 13-year-old boy was groomed publicly on Twitter and kidnapped, despite numerous chances to stop it (archive.ph)
posted 3 years ago by Ahaus667 3 years ago by Ahaus667 +28 / -0
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– TerpenoidTester 22 points 3 years ago +22 / -0

So this is basically just "Twitter Bad" the news story.

This shit happens on Reddit every 5 minutes but I guess until a Conservative buys Reddit they won't report on it.

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– Adamrises 6 points 3 years ago +6 / -0

I think its more them accidentally admitting that Twitter is a public space, thereby it happening out in the open there is much more brazen thing. Because most of the "its not censorship, freedom of speech doesn't apply!" claims require it to be a "private company."

Its a problem because we live in the nightmare world where twitter is a huge component of government and business functions.

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– TomSeeSaw 7 points 3 years ago +7 / -0

Parents are too busy swinging, when it should be pedophiles doing the older version of that.

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– deleted 7 points 3 years ago +7 / -0
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– yvaN_ehT_nioJ 13 points 3 years ago +13 / -0

Friendly reminder to parent your kids. No one else will do it for you

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– Ahaus667 [S] 13 points 3 years ago +13 / -0

The 13-year-old Utah boy hung out in the typical online spaces for someone his age: The chat app Discord. The gaming platform Roblox. And, of course, Twitter. But for more than two months last year, on those very platforms, the boy was being sexually groomed by an adult who was 13 years older and hundreds of miles away. It started in private messages then moved into public view on Twitter.

Clearly NBC only approves of sexual grooming in a safe environment, like a public school

It ended in a horror story. The boy’s father went to check on him one night and found him missing, his window open, the bedroom freezing. The boy was allegedly abducted by the man accused of grooming him, driven across state lines, and, prosecutors said, repeatedly sexually assaulted.

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– SR388-SAX 9 points 3 years ago +9 / -0

Was he driven to Washington or California and then convinced to transition? Because if so, his groomer would be protected by state law.

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– AntonioOfVenice 10 points 3 years ago +10 / -0

They suddenly care about grooming on Twitter, because Elon Bad.

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– when_we_win_remember 9 points 3 years ago +9 / -0

Homosexual for those keeping score.

I'm sure this pisses off the parents, and it's probably illegal, but it sounds pretty par for the course. Lots of things are illegal that people routinely do.

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– ArchRespawnsAgain 7 points 3 years ago +7 / -0

Just as the ADL intended

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