My buddy who is 14 (don't worry it aint me i'm 16) was in a chat room and posted would any girl 12-13 wanna cyber? so a few mintes later someone IMs him. they say hey asl (age sex location). he says you first. she goes 13/f and then she says ou wanna cyber? and before he can say yes she says your IP address has just been reported to the police (this was 4 weeks ago) and then this person said that it was her job to catch people like him online. is wat he did illegal under the law and if so what can happen to him? i think the person who IMed him has done just as bad of a crime, lie about their identity.
2007-09-20 09:02:53 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Telling a lie about your identity on the internet is not a crime.
If it was in fact this person's job to catch child predators on the net, the probably wouldn't tell him that. I think it was somebody messing with him.
2007-09-20 09:13:35 · answer #1 · answered by Michael C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No neither commited a crime. The one who IMed him is either A) lying or B) part of a watchdog group that looks for cyber predators.
Your friend if he was over 18 yes would have commited a crime. Being under though no no crime was commited
2007-09-20 16:17:50 · answer #2 · answered by Tom K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, he would be busted for talking dirty to a child if he was over 18. Since he's 14, I don't think he would be prosecuted.
2007-09-20 16:10:56 · answer #3 · answered by Hillary 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋