Connected to Danger Part 1
The first from the Edward R Muro Award winning series from FOX 11 Los Angeles, investigating the dangers of the mobile live streaming app liveme.com.
Where children are being groomed suspected paedophiles.
Connected to Danger Part 2
The second from the Edward R Muro Award winning series from FOX 11 Los Angeles, investigating the dangers of the mobile live streaming app liveme.com.
Where children are being groomed suspected paedophiles.
Is technology the new tobacco?
DrLisa Strohman, founder of Digital Citizen Academy, discusses screen time and our children’s brains — as well as how parents can limit exposure to screens.
Predators targeting children online as they spend more time at home during pandemic
A year-long FOX 11 investigation has uncovered predators targeting kids online as they spend more time at home during the pandemic.
Selected News Coverage
FOX 11 Los Angeles – FOX 11 Investigates: Connection to Danger (USA)
Part 1
Published May 24, 2018
Part 2
Published July 16, 2018 (featuring Sheepdogbloodhound)
https://foxla.com/news/liveme-deletes-600k-accounts-after-fox-11-reveals-pedophiles-use-app-to-sexually-exploit-kids
Part 3
Posted October 2, 2019 (includes Sheepdogbloodhound)
“Live streaming app LiveMe makes major changes following award-winning FOX 11 investigation”
https://foxla.com/video/611347
Part 4
Published June 16, 2021
https://foxla.com/news/children-targeted--predators-online-during-pandemic
New4Jax I-Team (USA)
July 18, 2018 (featuring Sheepdogbloodhound)
“At least two Jacksonville-area children have been solicited for sex on a popular app called LiveMe, and a group of dozens of volunteers from multiple countries is battling to make sure more kids aren’t taken advantage of.
The group Sheepdog Bloodhound was founded the RevPaul Irwin, who lives in CanadaHe said a few dozen volunteers from the U.S., United Kingdom and Canada scour the LiveMe app looking for suspicious and illegal activity.
And they’ve found plenty.”
https://news4jax.com/news/2018/07/18/volunteer-watchdogs-hunt-down-child-predators-on-livestreaming-apps/
Radio702 Johannesburg (South Africa)
Sept 20, 2018 (featuring Sheepdogbloodhound)
“SheepDogBloodHound is a grassroots project started Paul IrwinIrwin talks to Talk Radio 702 host Azania Mosaka about the app and the scale of online grooming.
The nature of the internet has given these individuals immediate reach to potentially vulnerable young people anywhereSo, where your wi-fi router or signal of your cellular phone may reach, they can reach you, Irwin said.”
https://ewn.co.za/2018/09/20/listen-global-group-protects-children-from-online-predators
Toronto Sun (Canada)
Feb 21, 2017 (included Sheepdogbloodhound)
“…Paul Irwin, 47, monitors these livestreaming sites as a volunteer sheepdogbloodhound.org, an international online safety group…)
https://torontosun.com/2017/02/20/scouring-the-internet-to-stop-suicides
-note this also included mention of ‘ItzDolly’, Kaitlyn Nicole Davis (February 20, 2004 – December 30, 2016); see also investigating officer Polk County Police Detective Kristen Nicole Hearne (November 15, 1987 – September 29, 2017 LODD)
Washington Post (USA)
November 22, 2019 (includes Sheepdogbloodhound)
“Paul Irwin, the founder of Sheepdog Bloodhound, a watchdog group that polices apps for predatory behaviour aimed at kids…”
Local News 10 (USA)
Nov21st, 2016 (featured a Sheepdogbloodhound volunteer and daughter; not named)
“A 10-year-old elementary school student from Broward County — called Maddy for this story — used to use a live-stream app called Live.me… Maddy’s mother, who didn’t want to be identified for privacy reasons, said she got a Facebook message from a watchdog group telling her predators were following Maddy’s account.”
https://local10.com/news/2016/11/22/live-apps-allow-sexual-predators-to-interact--children
Others (educational use.)
June 18, 2021
Young children being exploited online, what you can do to stop it.
https://foxla.com/video/945795
February 5, 2019
“Is technology the new tobacco? DrLisa Strohman shares tips to limit screen time in kids”