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arlier this year, I was a guest
speaker on a panel hosted by
the National Council of Jewish
Women. The topic was how parents
and grandparents can be more vigi-
lant in protecting
our children from
predators who
lurk online seek-
ing to abduct or
abuse unsuspecting
youth.
I sat next to
Autumn
Ceci, a
Rabbi Jason
Southfield police
Miller
officer who inves-
tigates sex crimes
and human traf-
ficking, and a local
psychologist. We each spoke about
how the internet has helped those
who seek to harm young people
and made it easier for them to hide
behind secret identities online.
Keeping children and teens from
being deceived online is a serious
issue that can prevent human traf-
ficking or sex abuse.
I was prepared to share with
the audience ways to protect our
children when they’re using social
networks and video games, but I
was unaware of how widespread
the issue of human trafficking has
become in the Digital Age.
Online multiplayer action sur-
vival games, like the very popular
“Fortnite-Battle Royale,” are dan-
gerous as they pose severe risks to
children and teens. The National
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children (NSPCC) stated that it
believed Fortnite was putting chil-
dren at risk of online grooming. A
news story reported that a mother
overheard attempts to groom her
10-year-old son through his Xbox
videogame console as she sat on
the sofa next to him. She heard an
adult male address her son by name
through her TV speakers and ask
him questions about sex. In another
story, a mother discovered an adult
male asking her 12-year-old son to
perform sex acts on him and for the
boy to take and send naked images
of himself. These and other reports
prompted many schools nationally
to issue warnings to parents.
At the panel moderated by NCJW,
it was clear that many of the parents
and grandparents in the room hadn’t
realized just how common it is for
young people to be targeted online
by predators posing as other people
in chatrooms, on social media sites
and in video games.
I recommended several ways
adults should monitor and protect
children using technology.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
1) Install the Life360 mobile app on
your phone and your kids’ phones