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A sexual predator used online games and ChatGPT to groom young boys (www.opendemocracy.net)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1096524/a-sexual-predator-used-online-games-and-chatgpt-to-groom-young-boys

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[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

While I am curious about where the parents were, I also recognize that even if they knew their kid was playing video games with randoms on the internet, it's still unlikely that the parents would have the skills to differentiate the other kids on the server playing from the random adult with nefarious intentions.

This seems like a failing of parents to use parental controls and also make themselves aware of the dangers and safeguards altogether.

I suspect the parents were working. A lot of poor parents often are working when their kids get involved in things they shouldn't.