Protect & Prevent - Online Seduction Part 2

This is the second in a three part series related to understanding how predators, pedophiles and organized criminals access, groom, recruit and seduce young people. The grooming process is an artform used by criminals to manipulate unsuspecting individuals into sending nudes, meeting up or take control of their lives.

Online grooming works because the Internet seems like a surreal environment where the victims are unable to visualize how their seemingly innocent activities will change their lives. The hardest part in combating digital exploitation is to over come the sense of "This won't happen to me".

With the onset of artificial intelligence, predators will have a great advantage in exploiting both young and old alike. Artificial intelligence will provide a significant amount of personal information online so predators can immediately mirror the likes and dislikes of the victim and very quickly win their trust. Grooming can take place in Chat rooms, through instant messaging, dating sites, hook up sites and even video games. We will discuss how to recognize if you are being groomed and most important how to handle it.