Canadian child porn charges
Man admits to possessing child pornography, pursuing teens online:
26-year-old Ian Stuart Johnson of Calgary, Alberta, Canada pleaded guilty to child porn charges. It seems that Johnson would lure underage girls over the Canadian social site Nexopia offering them money and alcohol.
Everytime a Nexopia user would complain about Johnson they would shut down his account only to have him open a new one.
The prosecutor said all of the communications Johnson had was with females who reside in Calgary and were between 14 and 18 years old.
The correspondence, which occurred under the user names satellite_eye, Secureca, Coca-cola55 and dmwarehouse - all Johnson’s - occurred between August 2002 and February 2005 and elicited several complaints from other Nexopia users, prompting site owner Timo Ewalds to terminate the man’s accounts one by one.
While I’m glad that this scumbag is being put away I wonder why it is that you don’t hear about the Canadian government putting pressure on these sites. Maybe they actually think it’s a parent’s job to protect their children.
What a novel concept.
Tags: calgary, child-porn, Ian-Stuart-Johnson, Nexopia
3 opinions for Canadian child porn charges
dave
Jan 30, 2008 at 5:12 pm
While I’m glad that this scumbag is being put away I wonder why it is that you don’t hear about the Canadian government putting pressure on these sites. Maybe they actually think it’s a parent’s job to protect their children.
yes why don’t we let all the perverts rape who ever thy want, it is obviously the parents’ fault
Trench
Jan 30, 2008 at 10:16 pm
I’m not excusing what this scumbag did but obviously the parents should be the first line of defense against online predators.
John
Feb 1, 2008 at 12:40 am
As a parent i feel it is my sole responsibility to protect my child from the dangers of this world and tech them right from wrong. Many Parent’s look at the internet as a harmless babysitter and think they live in such a perfect world.
Obviously these children have yet to be educated by their parents/schools to not provide personal information on who they are publicly. Having a website is great especially one where you can posts photos of yourself, but to protect yourself, do not post information regarding your age, address, school, etc.
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