Prime Time RTÉ One now. (04 Dec). Social Media in the sex industry.

Lapin

Irish teenager's images ending up on porn sites.

This could make for disturbing viewing.

Kevin McCloud

Viewer discretion is advised.

Nodin

Lapin wrote: »

Irish teenager's images ending up on porn sites.

This could make for disturbing viewing.

No, I'd say people have seen teenagers before. Some may even have been teenagers themselves at some stage, though they'll probably deny it now.

Lapin

Everyone using Facebook should watch this.

Dub.

Why the hell would teenagers be posting hardcore images of themselves on Facebook?

Blue Whale

Dub. wrote: »

Why the hell would teenagers be posting hardcore images of themselves on Facebook?

Normal enough pics going on seedy sites.

Lapin

Nodin wrote: »

No, I'd say people have seen teenagers before. Some may even have been teenagers themselves at some stage, though they'll probably deny it now.

Ya go on Nodin. Deny the existance of perverted child molesters preying on facebook images if it gets you a few thanks on here.

Your comment has nothing to do with what is being covered on Prime Time right now.

My name is URL

Bit mad. A program about privacy violations using screenshots and showing names of people!

"This one teenager from South County Dublin, Nadine Barnes"

Thanks RTE

Nodin

Lapin wrote: »

Ya go on Nodin. Deny the existance of perverted child molesters preying on facebook images if it gets you a few thanks on here..

Why would I do that?

jazz101

Privacy settings. Don't reveal details of yourself to anonymous people. Don't accept a randomers friend request. Crisis solved.

The amount of scaremongering in this program is unreal.

Lapin

Innocent photographs of young girls here being used to advertise prostitution services abroad. Sick.


Makes me wonder when I see friends of mine posting photos of their kids on facebook. Fuck knows where they could be ending up.

Lenin Skynard

Irish media doing that thing they never seem to get bored of which usually comes across as: "We are shocked to have discovered that the internet is full of unpleasant things and you should worry about your children".

It will be followed on Tuesday by some gombeen backbench FF/FG politician calling for the government to ban D'internet.

AboutaWeekAgo

RTE a bit late on this one. BBCNI did the same show a few weeks back.

RayM

The tone of the programme is a bit 'Brass Eye', isn't it?

"One child was trapped online for a whole night and according to one psychologist, came away with the listless sexual appetite of a 60-year-old colonel."

Lapin

jazz101 wrote: »

Privacy settings. Don't reveal details of yourself to anonymous people. Don't accept a randomers friend request. Crisis solved.

Because life is so black & white all the time.

jazz101

Loved the hushed tone horrified tone used to deliver the exif data bit. As if they'd actually need to use your exif data to find out who you are, when the pictures are ON your ****ing social media profiles.


Christ, RTE piss me off with their usual luddite scare tactic ****.

castletownman

Friend request sent

jazz101

Lapin wrote: »

Because life is so black & white all the time.

Alright, give me the instances where those measures would be ineffective then. I'm sorry, I'm a young person, I was in school when the internet was only just becoming a thing and we had it drilled into us to be careful online. People are educated. People KNOW not to accept friend requests from randomers, especially young girls. And yet they insist on doing it, when such a simple measure as setting your profile to "private" denies pretty much any randomer a view of your stuff.

take everything

Brass eye tone notwithstanding, if this scares some dumb parents into educating their kids, it'll be a job well done. It's not like this isn't potentially a huge issue. Parents need to wake up a bit.

Dub.

David`s interest in child porn originated in watching French movies?

RayM

"Online paedophiles can actually make your keyboard release toxic vapours that actually make you more suggestible."

*sniffs keyboard*

"Now I actually feel more suggestible. And that was just from one sniff."

jazz101

RayM wrote: »

"Online paedophiles can actually make your keyboard release toxic vapours that actually make you more suggestible."

*sniffs keyboard*

"Now I actually feel more suggestible. And that was just from one sniff."

All we need now is the footage of the pedophile disguised as a school.

Lapin

Lenin Skynard wrote: »

Irish media doing that thing they never seem to get bored of which usually comes across as: "We are shocked to have discovered that the internet is full of unpleasant things and you should worry about your children".

Whats shocking is that there are so many people who still haven't copped on to the sinister side of the web.

As I said, I find it questionable that so callet internet savvy people continue to post pics of their kids online.

If the media do anything to highlight the dangers then what harm. Do people think Prime Time are making this up for a laugh?

Lenin Skynard wrote: »

It will be followed on Tuesday by some gombeen backbench FF/FG politician calling for the government to ban D'internet.

Well at least gombeen backbenchers have about as much influence and power as your average resident's committee member. Everyone knows they only speak to get their name mentioned in the local paper and no one takes them seriously.

Dub.

Why are RTE allowing a teenage girl to communicate with some online pervert?

nibble

Dub. wrote: »

Why are RTE allowing a teenage girl to communicate with some online pervert?

The "Teenage Girl" communicating with "Dean" was fictitious, they created a CGI profile pic and got some actual girls to friend her to make it seem a genuine account.

Radio_Fan_67

They made a big deal about a big % of teenagers having social media friends that they had never met, We had them too in my day Penpals

Venus In Furs

Penpals are hardly the same as hundreds of Facebook friends.

It was a pretty disturbing programme - not a load of silly Brasseye-esque scaremongering, which I personally loathe.

Radio_Fan_67

Venus In Furs wrote: »

Penpals are hardly the same as hundreds of Facebook friends.

One could have hundreds of penpals

shruikan2553

Anyone give a summary of what this was about for us non RTE having people?

From the sounds of it RTE finally got broadband and found it has all sorts of crap on it.

Venus In Furs

Radio_Fan_67 wrote: »

One could have hundreds of penpals

But let's face it: those of us who were kids when penpals was a thing... never had hundreds of them.

NIMAN

Culture of Fear .....

hotmail.com

Bizarre programme alright for Prime Time's standards. No teenagers interviewed I noticed - just "concerned" adults. Social media and the internet is a good thing.

NIMAN

I think PT has gone to the dogs in recent times. Standard dropping.

Annasopra

hotmail.com wrote: »

Social media and the internet is a good thing.

Yes but its also a bad thing!

vicwatson

Did RTE have to show and say the "I want to lick your a***" bit etc etc etc, I mean, we'd have gotten the picture by it being beeped and asterisked.

Cringining parents watching it with teens last night !!

Lapin

hotmail.com wrote: »

Social media and the internet is a good thing.

Its a great thing. If used properly and with a level of caution.

Bit like driving. Cars are a great thing. But try driving one blindfolded and without regard for other road users and all hell breaks loose.


Its amazing how all the internet experts here are against regulation. They fail to realise that the more they allow shít to get out of hand, the more people will call for regulation.

And unfortunately the regulators are always the wrong people for the job.

Big C

Their is a guy in england doing amazing things to catching guys who need to be taken off the internet,

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=345507452287845&set=vb.143981935773732&type=2&theater

He would be wasting his time in Ireland because of our outdated laws and thick politicians.

Stinson Hunter just got a guy put away for 6 years

Shep_Dog

NIMAN wrote: »

Culture of Fear .....

Well-timed to coincide with the release of the new Sexual Offences Bill which covers a very wide range of activities from online grooming, to redefining offenses relating to indecent pictures of children, to paying for sexual services and to any kind of sexual activity in a public place.

Also, bear in mind that the establishment has taken a major hit in relation to the ECJ decision about mass online surveillance (Data Retention) which will lead to a challenge to our local laws on this. Programs like this could condition public attitude towards some of the contributors opinions, for example, that ISPs should 'cooperate more' with the Gardai.

vicwatson

The law against online grooming has been in place in the 6 counties for as long as 6 years. Politicians in the republic need to get their fingers out of their asses.

Timberrrrrrrr

Venus In Furs wrote: »

But let's face it: those of us who were kids when penpals was a thing... never had hundreds of them.

Writers cramp!

Shep_Dog

vicwatson wrote: »

The law against online grooming has been in place in the 6 counties for as long as 6 years. Politicians in the republic need to get their fingers out of their asses.

How effective as the NI law been, and how does it compare the the proposed Irish one?