My dear Upper Echelon. This is highly disturbing, and as bad as I feel for those forced into this filth, I also feel bad for any content creator who has to witness this stuff without the mental training professionals get when they are part of a law enforcement task force. Thus I applaud your actions in bringing it to light, but also feel bad that you have been exposed to it. This stuff would certainly make me ill and want to unleash fiery hell upon the perpetrators.<br><br>A little bit of back story<br><br>I was, for the greater part of my life, a tech writer. I wrote for many Northern European and occasionally some American periodicals. Much of what I wrote was what you'd expect: Tutorials, how to guides, reviews, buying budget tech, working out what tasks you foresee your tech undertaking so you can budget effectively without simply buying the most expensive brand just because it's cool or its what everyone else is buying, but more importantly - I was highly devoted towards steering parents into responsible computer use for their kids. <br><br>Whether this was getting software that logged what kids did on their machines (Cybernanny type software); reducing exposure to outside influences or harm (creating "safe" computers); making parents aware of game and application ratings (ESRB/PEGI etc) and why they matter so much; and articles explaining the relevance thereof with jargon free, easy to understand features, to let them know what <b>their</b> responsibilities as parents were, and ultimately who to contact vis a vis law enforcement and what not should things go wrong. <br><br>This culminated usually in a specially targeted few pages on just <b>why</b> a PC (or increasingly a PS or Xbox) loaded with a copy of GTA 5 in the kid's bedroom, with chat features, unsupervised, with a fast internet connection, was <b>not the ideal situation</b> for their ten-year-old child. Even if that child begged and pleaded, and obtaining that setup for them would "keep them quiet".<br><br>This became something of a crusade of mine, so much so that anytime a news report came on saying: "It all seemed so innocent. They gave their child the best in computing, so that they could use it as the perfect reference tool to use for their homework - but it all ended in tragedy..." my wife would instantly say "There was nothing you could have done," even as I was calling the police department in question.<br><br><br>My friend Upper Echelon, if you ever would like help with anything, need to talk, have the urge to vent spleen, or simply require a shoulder to lean on, please let me know. If you need anything, get in touch. Seriously. You will not be imposing. <br><br>Stay safe my friend.,(reply>), @Kokoro Chacarero Thank you for your very kind words - and for amplifying the message. I've tried my best, but I even have relatives who don't exercise care in this regard. I've explained it to them, but they see technology as a babysitter. Remember that Elsagate Scandal a few years back? That was exactly the kind of thing I feared - "Here, take this tablet and go watch videos, Mummy's busy". And then they see things that would scare a grown man like me! It's too easy. It really is, far too easy, to use the Internet or video games as a babysitting tool.<br><br>I am a gamer (though my wife is the "real" gamer, as she plays tons of them and I only play a modded version of Fallout 4!) when I'm lucid and the pain meds are just right. But I was once talking about F4 at this relative's house, and their son (about 6 or 7) came up and started giving me tips on play styles! Then he talked about GTA, and some other game my wife was playing (something to do with Zombies - and I hate Zombies and body horror) and how she could complete certain levels easily!! Aaaggghh!!!<br><br>He had an online (chat enabled) X Box, and I was shocked. I had talked to them about Net Safety only a few months back! Of course, what they choose to do for their children is up to them, and not my business, so I made sure not to comment. <br><br>But games have an age warning on them for a reason! I have always felt I'm shouting in a sealed room, that nobody hears. But that doesn't stop me worrying. Nor does it stop me trying. There are so many games for kids. Get them the age-specific ones.<br><br>I'm sorry. I'm doing it again. My wife would say "Stop getting worked up. People will do what they will. You can't change anything by getting frustrated ". She calms me down, and is the voice of reason. So again, I apologise for getting a bit ranty there. Forgive me.,(reply>), Thank you for your hard work<br>The world is in desperate need of more people like you. We need to teach the pre internet and the pre social media generations about this kinda stuff yesterday